diff --git a/src/system/kernel/slab/allocator.cpp b/src/system/kernel/slab/allocator.cpp
index 97460b3ce1..3a3d2bfb95 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/slab/allocator.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/slab/allocator.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,16 @@ posix_memalign(void** _pointer, size_t alignment, size_t size)
 }
 
 
+void *
+aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t size)
+{
+	if ((size % alignment) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return memalign(alignment, size);
+}
+
+
 void
 free_etc(void *address, uint32 flags)
 {