diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1899b666fc..d816d28c70 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ Changes in version 0.2.1.1-alpha - 2008-??-??
     - Use proper log levels in the testsuite call of get_interface_address6().
     - When using a nonstandard malloc, do not use the platform values for
       HAVE_MALLOC_GOOD_SIZE or HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE.
+    - Make the openbsd malloc code use 8k pages on alpha CPUs.  Bugfix on
+      0.2.0.x.
+    - Detect mismatched page sizes when using --enable-openbsd-malloc.
+      Bugfix on 0.2.0.x.
 
   o Minor features:
     - Allow separate log levels to be configured for different logging
diff --git a/src/common/OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c b/src/common/OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c
index da240c8e7e..7252ead784 100644
--- a/src/common/OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c
+++ b/src/common/OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static pthread_mutex_t gen_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 #define _MALLOC_LOCK() {pthread_mutex_lock(&gen_mutex);}
 #define _MALLOC_UNLOCK() {pthread_mutex_unlock(&gen_mutex);}
 
-#if defined(__sparc__)
+#if defined(__sparc__) || defined(__alpha__)
 #define	malloc_pageshift	13U
 #endif /* __sparc__ */
 
@@ -787,6 +787,13 @@ malloc_init(void)
 		    "  Will not be able to dump malloc stats on exit");
 #endif /* MALLOC_STATS */
 
+	if (malloc_pagesize != getpagesize()) {
+		wrterror("malloc() replacement compiled with a different "
+			 "page size from what we're running with.  Failing.");
+		errno = ENOMEM;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* Allocate one page for the page directory. */
 	page_dir = (struct pginfo **)MMAP(malloc_pagesize);