diff --git a/cms/wsgi.py b/cms/wsgi.py
index af11d8d532..aa760d0782 100644
--- a/cms/wsgi.py
+++ b/cms/wsgi.py
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ defuse_xml_libs()
 import contracts
 contracts.disable_all()
 
-import os
+import openedx.core.operations
+openedx.core.operations.install_memory_dumper()
 
+import os
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "cms.envs.aws")
 
 import cms.startup as startup
diff --git a/lms/wsgi.py b/lms/wsgi.py
index f47a3851c2..ca49db1f4e 100644
--- a/lms/wsgi.py
+++ b/lms/wsgi.py
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ defuse_xml_libs()
 import contracts
 contracts.disable_all()
 
-import os
+import openedx.core.operations
+openedx.core.operations.install_memory_dumper()
 
+import os
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "lms.envs.aws")
 
 import lms.startup as startup
diff --git a/openedx/core/operations.py b/openedx/core/operations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..363d50c508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openedx/core/operations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import os
+import signal
+import tempfile
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from meliae import scanner
+
+
+def dump_memory(signum, frame):
+    """Dump memory stats for the current process to a temp directory. Uses the meliae output format."""
+    scanner.dump_all_objects('{}/meliae.{}.{}.dump'.format(tempfile.gettempdir(), datetime.now().isoformat(), os.getpid()))
+
+def install_memory_dumper(dump_signal=signal.SIGPROF):
+    """
+    Install a signal handler on `signal` to dump memory stats for the current process.
+    """
+    signal.signal(dump_signal, dump_memory)
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 96ecd2ae87..02b985f1e6 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ lazy==1.1
 lxml==3.3.6
 mako==0.9.1
 Markdown==2.2.1
+--allow-external meliae
+--allow-unverified meliae
+meliae==0.4.0
 mongoengine==0.7.10
 networkx==1.7
 nltk==2.0.4
@@ -58,7 +61,6 @@ oauthlib==0.6.3
 paramiko==1.9.0
 path.py==3.0.1
 Pillow==2.7.0
-pip>=1.4
 polib==1.0.3
 pycrypto>=2.6
 pygments==2.0.1
diff --git a/requirements/edx/pre.txt b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
index 363fb2d247..d4d3129680 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/pre.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@
 # Numpy and scipy can't be installed in the same pip run.
 # Install numpy before other things to help resolve the problem.
 numpy==1.6.2
+
+# Needed to make sure that options in base.txt are allowed
+pip==6.0.7
+
+# Needed for meliae
+Cython==0.21.2