diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/malloc_debug/malloc_debug_api.cpp b/src/system/libroot/posix/malloc_debug/malloc_debug_api.cpp
index 9f03044188..1937557e70 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/malloc_debug/malloc_debug_api.cpp
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/malloc_debug/malloc_debug_api.cpp
@@ -242,6 +242,16 @@ memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
 }
 
 
+extern "C" void*
+aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t size)
+{
+	if ((size % alignment) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return sCurrentHeap->memalign(alignment, size);
+}
+
+
 extern "C" void*
 malloc(size_t size)
 {