diff --git a/heron/executor/src/python/heron_executor.py b/heron/executor/src/python/heron_executor.py
index 6314112be53..0636b2d1fc9 100755
--- a/heron/executor/src/python/heron_executor.py
+++ b/heron/executor/src/python/heron_executor.py
@@ -895,6 +895,13 @@ def main():
   # PEX_ROOT shell environment before forking the processes
   shell_env = os.environ.copy()
   shell_env["PEX_ROOT"] = os.path.join(os.path.abspath('.'), ".pex")
+  # Refer to https://gperftools.github.io/gperftools/heapprofile.html
+  # for details of settings of gperftools heap profiler
+  shell_env["HEAPPROFILE"] = "stmgr.hprof"
+  shell_env["HEAP_PROFILE_ALLOCATION_INTERVAL"] = "0"
+  shell_env["HEAP_PROFILE_INUSE_INTERVAL"] = "0"
+  shell_env["HEAPPROFILESIGNAL"] = str(signal.SIGUSR1)
+
 
   # Instantiate the executor, bind it to signal handlers and launch it
   executor = HeronExecutor(sys.argv, shell_env)
diff --git a/heron/shell/src/python/handlers/__init__.py b/heron/shell/src/python/handlers/__init__.py
index 8a414a22b29..83141a70d59 100644
--- a/heron/shell/src/python/handlers/__init__.py
+++ b/heron/shell/src/python/handlers/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 from filestatshandler import FileStatsHandler
 from jmaphandler import JmapHandler
 from jstackhandler import JstackHandler
+from killexecutorhandler import KillExecutorHandler
 from memoryhistogramhandler import MemoryHistogramHandler
 from pmaphandler import PmapHandler
 from pidhandler import PidHandler
-from killexecutorhandler import KillExecutorHandler
+from stmgrheapprofhandler import StmgrHeapProfHandler
diff --git a/heron/shell/src/python/handlers/stmgrheapprofhandler.py b/heron/shell/src/python/handlers/stmgrheapprofhandler.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..581ad4cc747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/heron/shell/src/python/handlers/stmgrheapprofhandler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Twitter. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+''' stmgrheapprofhandler.py '''
+import glob
+import os
+import signal
+import tornado.web
+
+class StmgrHeapProfHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
+  """
+  Responsible for getting the process ID for an instance.
+  """
+
+  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+  @tornado.web.asynchronous
+  def get(self):
+    ''' get method '''
+    self.content_type = 'application/json'
+    stmgr_pid_files = glob.glob('stmgr*.pid')
+    try:
+      pid_file = stmgr_pid_files[0]
+      with open(pid_file, 'r') as f:
+        pid = f.read()
+        os.kill(int(pid), signal.SIGUSR1)
+      self.write('Performing heap profiling on stream manager...')
+      self.finish()
+    except:
+      self.write("Not stream manager found")
+      self.set_status(404)
+      self.finish()
diff --git a/heron/shell/src/python/main.py b/heron/shell/src/python/main.py
index 401e1f6d84e..633b97cfe51 100644
--- a/heron/shell/src/python/main.py
+++ b/heron/shell/src/python/main.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     (r"^/filestats/(.*)", handlers.FileStatsHandler),
     (r"^/download/(.*)", handlers.DownloadHandler),
     (r"^/killexecutor", handlers.KillExecutorHandler),
+    (r"^/stmgrheapprof", handlers.StmgrHeapProfHandler)
 ]
 
 # pylint: disable=dangerous-default-value
diff --git a/heron/stmgr/src/cpp/BUILD b/heron/stmgr/src/cpp/BUILD
index 9961c8f85c3..30417d2473f 100644
--- a/heron/stmgr/src/cpp/BUILD
+++ b/heron/stmgr/src/cpp/BUILD
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ cc_binary(
         "server/stmgr-main.cpp",
     ],
     copts = [
+        "-Ithird_party",
         "-Iheron",
         "-Iheron/common/src/cpp",
         "-Iheron/statemgrs/src/cpp",
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ cc_binary(
         "//heron/common/src/cpp/metrics:metrics-cxx",
         "//heron/statemgrs/src/cpp:statemgrs-cxx",
         "//third_party/yaml-cpp:yaml-cxx",
+        "//third_party/gperftools:profiler-cxx",
     ],
     linkstatic = 1,
 )
diff --git a/heron/stmgr/src/cpp/server/stmgr-main.cpp b/heron/stmgr/src/cpp/server/stmgr-main.cpp
index cc10a6ca09a..9fb9aa53e66 100644
--- a/heron/stmgr/src/cpp/server/stmgr-main.cpp
+++ b/heron/stmgr/src/cpp/server/stmgr-main.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <gperftools/heap-profiler.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   sp_int32 ckptmgr_port = atoi(argv[13]);
   sp_string ckptmgr_id = argv[14];
 
+  HeapProfilerStart("stmgr");
+
   EventLoopImpl ss;
 
   // Read heron internals config from local file
@@ -85,5 +88,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                           ckptmgr_port, ckptmgr_id, high_watermark, low_watermark);
   mgr.Init();
   ss.loop();
+  HeapProfilerStop();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/third_party/gperftools/BUILD b/third_party/gperftools/BUILD
index 195b2e2ed3b..5161b76c85b 100644
--- a/third_party/gperftools/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/gperftools/BUILD
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ cc_library(
         "lib/libprofiler.a",
     ],
     hdrs = [
+        "include/gperftools/heap-profiler.h",
         "include/gperftools/profiler.h",
     ],
     includes = ["include"],