diff --git a/recipes/gperftools/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/gperftools/all/conandata.yml
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+++ b/recipes/gperftools/all/conandata.yml
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+sources:
+  "2.8.1":
+    sha256: 12f07a8ba447f12a3ae15e6e3a6ad74de35163b787c0c7b76288d7395f2f74e0
+    url: https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/releases/download/gperftools-2.8.1/gperftools-2.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/recipes/gperftools/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/gperftools/all/conanfile.py
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index 0000000000000..0106f695c7e2d
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+++ b/recipes/gperftools/all/conanfile.py
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+from conans import ConanFile, AutoToolsBuildEnvironment, tools
+from conans.errors import ConanInvalidConfiguration
+import os
+
+
+class GperftoolsConan(ConanFile):
+    name = "gperftools"
+
+    description = "Google Performance Tools"
+    topics = ("conan", "gperftools", "tcmalloc", "cpu/heap profiler")
+    url = "https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index"
+    homepage = "https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools"
+    license = ["BSD-3-Clause License"]
+    settings = "os", "arch", "compiler", "build_type"
+    options = {
+        "shared": [True, False],
+        "fPIC": [True, False],
+    }
+    default_options = {
+        "shared": False,
+        "fPIC": True,
+    }
+
+    _autotools = None
+
+    @property
+    def _source_subfolder(self):
+        return "source_subfolder"
+
+    def config_options(self):
+        if self.settings.os == "Windows":
+            del self.options.fPIC
+
+    def configure(self):
+        del self.settings.compiler.libcxx
+        del self.settings.compiler.cppstd
+        if self.settings.os == "Windows" and self.settings.compiler == "Visual Studio":
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("gperftools is not supported by Visual Studio")
+        if self.settings.os == "Windows" and self.options.shared:
+            # libtool:   error: can't build i686-pc-mingw32 shared library unless -no-undefined is specified
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("gperftools can't be built as shared on Windows")
+
+    def source(self):
+        tools.get(**self.conan_data["sources"][self.version])
+        extracted_folder = "gperftools-{0}".format(self.version)
+        os.rename(extracted_folder, self._source_subfolder)
+
+    def build_requirements(self):
+        if tools.os_info.is_windows and not os.environ.get("CONAN_BASH_PATH"):
+            self.build_requires("msys2/20190524")
+
+    def _configure_autotools(self):
+        if self._autotools:
+            return self._autotools
+        self._autotools = AutoToolsBuildEnvironment(self, win_bash=tools.os_info.is_windows)
+        args = []
+        if self.options.shared:
+            args.extend(['--disable-static', '--enable-shared'])
+        else:
+            args.extend(['--disable-shared', '--enable-static'])
+        self._autotools.configure(configure_dir=self._source_subfolder, args=args)
+        return self._autotools
+
+    def build(self):
+        autotools = self._configure_autotools()
+        autotools.make()
+
+    def package(self):
+        self.copy(pattern="COPYING", dst="licenses", src=self._source_subfolder)
+        autotools = self._configure_autotools()
+        autotools.install()
+
+        tools.rmdir(os.path.join(self.package_folder, 'share'))
+        tools.rmdir(os.path.join(self.package_folder, 'lib', 'pkgconfig'))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "lib", "libprofiler.la"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "lib", "libtcmalloc.la"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "lib", "libtcmalloc_and_profiler.la"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "lib", "libtcmalloc_debug.la"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "lib", "libtcmalloc_minimal.la"))
+        os.unlink(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "lib", "libtcmalloc_minimal_debug.la"))
+
+    def package_info(self):
+        self.cpp_info.libs = ["tcmalloc_and_profiler"]
diff --git a/recipes/gperftools/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/gperftools/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
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index 0000000000000..34af13462f44f
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+++ b/recipes/gperftools/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+project(test_package)
+
+include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
+conan_basic_setup()
+
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} test_package.c)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${CONAN_LIBS})
diff --git a/recipes/gperftools/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/gperftools/all/test_package/conanfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bd7165a553cf4
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+++ b/recipes/gperftools/all/test_package/conanfile.py
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+from conans import ConanFile, CMake, tools
+import os
+
+
+class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
+    settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
+    generators = "cmake"
+
+    def build(self):
+        cmake = CMake(self)
+        cmake.configure()
+        cmake.build()
+
+    def test(self):
+        if not tools.cross_building(self.settings):
+            bin_path = os.path.join("bin", "test_package")
+            self.run(bin_path, run_environment=True)
diff --git a/recipes/gperftools/all/test_package/test_package.c b/recipes/gperftools/all/test_package/test_package.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..078dc16ecfcae
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+++ b/recipes/gperftools/all/test_package/test_package.c
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+#include <assert.h>
+#include <gperftools/tcmalloc.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    void *p1 = tc_malloc(10);
+    assert(p1 != NULL);
+
+    tc_free(p1);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/recipes/gperftools/config.yml b/recipes/gperftools/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bfdd25761a483
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+++ b/recipes/gperftools/config.yml
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+versions:
+  "2.8.1":
+    folder: all