diff --git a/src/mgr/MgrStandby.cc b/src/mgr/MgrStandby.cc
index 70db2135966..8209d4f8b4c 100644
--- a/src/mgr/MgrStandby.cc
+++ b/src/mgr/MgrStandby.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 
 #include "common/errno.h"
 #include "common/signal.h"
+#include "common/cmdparse.h"
 #include "include/compat.h"
+#include "include/str_list.h"
+#include "perfglue/heap_profiler.h"
 
 #include "include/stringify.h"
 #include "global/global_context.h"
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ using std::map;
 using std::string;
 using std::vector;
 using namespace std::literals;
+using ceph::common::cmd_getval;
 
 class MgrHook : public AdminSocketHook {
   MgrStandby* mgr;
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ public:
            bufferlist& outbl) override {
     int r = 0;
     try {
-      r = mgr->asok_command(admin_command, cmdmap, f, errss);
+      r = mgr->asok_command(admin_command, cmdmap, f, errss, outbl);
     } catch (const TOPNSPC::common::bad_cmd_get& e) {
       errss << e.what();
       r = -EINVAL;
@@ -141,13 +145,32 @@ void MgrStandby::handle_conf_change(
   }
 }
 
-int MgrStandby::asok_command(std::string_view cmd, const cmdmap_t& cmdmap, Formatter* f, std::ostream& errss)
+int MgrStandby::asok_command(std::string_view cmd, const cmdmap_t& cmdmap,
+			     Formatter* f, std::ostream& errss,
+			     ceph::buffer::list& outbl)
 {
   dout(10) << __func__ << ": " << cmd << dendl;
   if (cmd == "status") {
     f->open_object_section("status");
     f->close_section();
     return 0;
+  } else if (cmd == "heap") {
+    if (!ceph_using_tcmalloc()) {
+      errss << "could not issue heap profiler command -- not using tcmalloc!";
+      return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+    }
+    std::string heapcmd;
+    cmd_getval(cmdmap, "heapcmd", heapcmd);
+    std::vector<std::string> cmd_vec;
+    get_str_vec(heapcmd, cmd_vec);
+    std::string val;
+    if (cmd_getval(cmdmap, "value", val)) {
+      cmd_vec.push_back(val);
+    }
+    std::ostringstream outss;
+    ceph_heap_profiler_handle_command(cmd_vec, outss);
+    outbl.append(outss.str());
+    return 0;
   } else {
     return -ENOSYS;
   }
@@ -182,6 +205,14 @@ int MgrStandby::init()
   {
     int r = admin_socket->register_command("status", asok_hook.get(), "show status");
     ceph_assert(r == 0);
+    r = admin_socket->register_command(
+      "heap " \
+      "name=heapcmd,type=CephChoices,strings=" \
+      "dump|start_profiler|stop_profiler|release|get_release_rate|set_release_rate|stats " \
+      "name=value,type=CephString,req=false",
+      asok_hook.get(),
+      "show heap usage info (available only if compiled with tcmalloc)");
+    ceph_assert(r == 0);
   }
 
   poolctx.start(2);
diff --git a/src/mgr/MgrStandby.h b/src/mgr/MgrStandby.h
index 32a277f4a2b..2bcd32f7668 100644
--- a/src/mgr/MgrStandby.h
+++ b/src/mgr/MgrStandby.h
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ public:
   std::vector<std::string> get_tracked_keys() const noexcept override;
   void handle_conf_change(const ConfigProxy& conf,
 			  const std::set <std::string> &changed) override;
-  int asok_command(std::string_view cmd, const cmdmap_t& cmdmap, Formatter* f, std::ostream& errss);
+  int asok_command(std::string_view cmd, const cmdmap_t& cmdmap, Formatter* f,
+		   std::ostream& errss, ceph::buffer::list& outbl);
 
 protected:
   ceph::async::io_context_pool poolctx;