diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 211924cf73..c4bd3d0cc0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ build: build-ui-ifne
 install: export BOUNDARY_INSTALL_BINARY=1
 install: build
 
+.PHONY: build-memprof
+build-memprof: BUILD_TAGS+=memprofiler
+build-memprof:
+	@echo "==> Building Boundary with memory profiling enabled"
+	@CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) BUILD_TAGS='$(BUILD_TAGS)' sh -c "'$(CURDIR)/scripts/build.sh'"
+
 # Format Go files, ignoring files marked as generated through the header defined at
 # https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Generate_Go_files_by_processing_source
 .PHONY: fmt
diff --git a/internal/cmd/base/profiling_on.go b/internal/cmd/base/profiling_on.go
index 666c089d64..124291bf63 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/base/profiling_on.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/base/profiling_on.go
@@ -4,18 +4,21 @@
 package base
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/observability/event"
 )
 
 func StartMemProfiler(ctx context.Context) {
 	const op = "base.StartMemProfiler"
 	profileDir := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "boundaryprof")
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(profileDir, 0o700); err != nil {
-		event.WriteError(ctx, op, err, "could not create profile directory")
+		event.WriteError(ctx, op, err, event.WithInfoMsg("could not create profile directory"))
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -24,11 +27,11 @@ func StartMemProfiler(ctx context.Context) {
 			filename := filepath.Join(profileDir, time.Now().UTC().Format("20060102_150405")) + ".pprof"
 			f, err := os.Create(filename)
 			if err != nil {
-				event.WriteError(ctx, op, err, event.WithInfo("could not create memory profile"))
+				event.WriteError(ctx, op, err, event.WithInfoMsg("could not create memory profile"))
 			}
 			runtime.GC()
 			if err := pprof.WriteHeapProfile(f); err != nil {
-				event.WriteError(ctx, op, err, "could not write memory profile")
+				event.WriteError(ctx, op, err, event.WithInfoMsg("could not write memory profile"))
 			}
 			f.Close()
 			event.WriteSysEvent(ctx, op, "wrote memory profile", "filename", filename)