diff --git a/src/alloc.rs b/src/alloc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c54938d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/alloc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+use std::alloc::{GlobalAlloc, Layout};
+use std::ffi::c_void;
+
+struct PyMemAllocator {}
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static ALLOCATOR: PyMemAllocator = PyMemAllocator {};
+
+unsafe impl Sync for PyMemAllocator {}
+
+unsafe impl GlobalAlloc for PyMemAllocator {
+    #[inline]
+    unsafe fn alloc(&self, layout: Layout) -> *mut u8 {
+        unsafe { pyo3_ffi::PyMem_Malloc(layout.size()) as *mut u8 }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    unsafe fn dealloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, _layout: Layout) {
+        unsafe { pyo3_ffi::PyMem_Free(ptr as *mut c_void) }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    unsafe fn alloc_zeroed(&self, layout: Layout) -> *mut u8 {
+        unsafe {
+            let len = layout.size();
+            let ptr = pyo3_ffi::PyMem_Malloc(len) as *mut u8;
+            core::ptr::write_bytes(ptr, 0, len);
+            ptr
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    unsafe fn realloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, _layout: Layout, new_size: usize) -> *mut u8 {
+        unsafe { pyo3_ffi::PyMem_Realloc(ptr as *mut c_void, new_size) as *mut u8 }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6f04c75c..c738e506 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ extern crate unwinding;
 #[macro_use]
 mod util;
 
+mod alloc;
 mod deserialize;
 mod ffi;
 mod opt;