diff --git a/libraries/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bd8dc32..ec9a8ad5 100644
--- a/libraries/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ add_subdirectory(libwhb)
 add_subdirectory(nn_swkbd)
 add_subdirectory(wutcrt)
 add_subdirectory(wutdevoptab_sd)
+add_subdirectory(wutmalloc)
 add_subdirectory(wutnewlib)
 add_subdirectory(wutstdc++)
diff --git a/libraries/wutmalloc/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/wutmalloc/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80ff1962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/wutmalloc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
+project(wutmalloc C)
+
+add_library(wutmalloc
+   wut_malloc.c)
+target_include_directories(wutmalloc PRIVATE "${WUT_ROOT}/include")
+
+install(TARGETS wutmalloc
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
diff --git a/libraries/wutmalloc/wut_malloc.c b/libraries/wutmalloc/wut_malloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a929006f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/wutmalloc/wut_malloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#include <coreinit/memexpheap.h>
+#include <coreinit/memdefaultheap.h>
+#include <coreinit/memorymap.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+// Limit sbrk heap to 128kb
+uint32_t __attribute__((weak)) __wut_heap_max_size = 128 * 1024;
+
+void *
+_malloc_r(struct _reent *r, size_t size)
+{
+   return MEMAllocFromDefaultHeap(size);
+}
+
+void
+_free_r(struct _reent *r, void *ptr)
+{
+   MEMFreeToDefaultHeap(ptr);
+}
+
+void *
+_realloc_r(struct _reent *r, void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+   void *new_ptr = _malloc_r(r, size);
+   if (!ptr || !new_ptr) {
+      return new_ptr;
+   }
+
+   memcpy(new_ptr, ptr, MEMGetSizeForMBlockExpHeap(ptr));
+   _free_r(r, ptr);
+   return new_ptr;
+}
+
+void *
+_calloc_r(struct _reent *r, size_t num, size_t size)
+{
+   void *ptr = _malloc_r(r, num * size);
+   if (ptr) {
+      memset(ptr, 0, num * size);
+   }
+
+   return ptr;
+}
+
+void *
+_memalign_r(struct _reent *r, size_t align, size_t size)
+{
+   return MEMAllocFromDefaultHeapEx(size, align);
+}
+
+struct mallinfo _mallinfo_r(struct _reent *r)
+{
+   struct mallinfo info = { 0 };
+   return info;
+}
+
+void
+_malloc_stats_r(struct _reent *r)
+{
+}
+
+int
+_mallopt_r(struct _reent *r, int param, int value)
+{
+   return 0;
+}
+
+size_t
+_malloc_usable_size_r(struct _reent *r, void *ptr)
+{
+   return MEMGetSizeForMBlockExpHeap(ptr);
+}
+
+void *
+_valloc_r(struct _reent *r, size_t size)
+{
+   return _memalign_r(r, OS_PAGE_SIZE, size);
+}
+
+void *
+_pvalloc_r(struct _reent *r, size_t size)
+{
+   return _memalign_r(r, OS_PAGE_SIZE, (size + (OS_PAGE_SIZE - 1)) & ~(OS_PAGE_SIZE - 1));
+}
+
+int
+_malloc_trim_r(struct _reent *r, size_t pad)
+{
+   return 0;
+}
diff --git a/samples/helloworld_cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/helloworld_cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d4644fc..5c8496a1 100644
--- a/samples/helloworld_cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/helloworld_cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ target_link_libraries(helloworld_cpp
    sysapp
    nn_ac)
 
+wut_default_malloc(helloworld_cpp)
 wut_enable_newlib(helloworld_cpp)
 wut_enable_stdcpp(helloworld_cpp)
 
diff --git a/share/wut.cmake b/share/wut.cmake
index a15c6a38..48b7bfbe 100644
--- a/share/wut.cmake
+++ b/share/wut.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ macro(wut_enable_newlib target)
       LINK_FLAGS  " -Wl,--whole-archive -lwutnewlib -Wl,--no-whole-archive")
 endmacro(wut_enable_newlib)
 
+macro(wut_default_malloc target)
+   set_property(TARGET ${target} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY
+      LINK_FLAGS  " -Wl,--whole-archive -lwutmalloc -Wl,--no-whole-archive")
+endmacro(wut_default_malloc)
+
 macro(wut_enable_devoptab target)
    set_property(TARGET ${target} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY
       LINK_FLAGS  " -Wl,--whole-archive -lwutdevoptab -Wl,--no-whole-archive")