diff --git a/repos/libports/lib/mk/libc-common.inc b/repos/libports/lib/mk/libc-common.inc
index 51728194e4..9605665cff 100644
--- a/repos/libports/lib/mk/libc-common.inc
+++ b/repos/libports/lib/mk/libc-common.inc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 LIBC_PORT_DIR := $(call select_from_ports,libc)
 LIBC_DIR      := $(LIBC_PORT_DIR)/src/lib/libc
 LIBC_REP_DIR  := $(realpath $(call select_from_repositories,include/libc-genode)/../..)
+EALAN_REP_DIR := $(realpath $(call select_from_repositories,ealanos))
 
 # local libc includes
 INC_DIR += $(LIBC_DIR)/lib/libc/locale
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ INC_DIR += $(LIBC_DIR)/lib/libc/include
 INC_DIR += $(LIBC_DIR)/lib/libc/stdio
 INC_DIR += $(LIBC_DIR)/lib/libc/net
 INC_DIR += $(LIBC_DIR)/contrib/gdtoa
+INC_DIR += $(EALAN_REP_DIR)/include
 
 #CC_OPT += -DGENODE_RELEASE
 
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/internal/init.h b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/internal/init.h
index e2ad25097b..a9674dcbba 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/internal/init.h
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/internal/init.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #define _LIBC__INTERNAL__INIT_H_
 
 /* Genode includes */
+#include "pd_session/pd_session.h"
+#include "region_map/region_map.h"
 #include <base/env.h>
 #include <base/heap.h>
 #include <util/xml_node.h>
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ namespace Libc {
 	/**
 	 * Malloc allocator
 	 */
-	void init_malloc(Genode::Allocator &);
+	void init_malloc(Genode::Pd_session &pd , Genode::Region_map &rm);
 	void init_malloc_cloned(Clone_connection &);
 	void reinit_malloc(Genode::Allocator &);
 
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/internal/kernel.h b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/internal/kernel.h
index 069ae77ef9..521c50113b 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/internal/kernel.h
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/internal/kernel.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <internal/atexit.h>
 #include <internal/rtc.h>
 
+
 namespace Libc {
 	class Kernel;
 	class Main_blockade;
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/kernel.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/kernel.cc
index 25870f1ee1..a6554e8dc1 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/kernel.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/kernel.cc
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ Libc::Kernel::Kernel(Genode::Env &env, Genode::Allocator &heap)
 
 	} else {
 		_malloc_heap.construct(*_malloc_ram, _env.rm());
-		init_malloc(*_malloc_heap);
+		init_malloc(_env.pd(), _env.rm());
 	}
 
 	init_fork(_env, _fd_alloc, _libc_env, _heap, *_malloc_heap, _pid, *this,
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/malloc.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/malloc.cc
index 2998070d42..f63f8ebba8 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/malloc.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/malloc.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
  */
 
 /* Genode includes */
+#include "pd_session/pd_session.h"
+#include "region_map/region_map.h"
 #include <base/env.h>
 #include <base/log.h>
 #include <base/slab.h>
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <internal/init.h>
 #include <internal/clone_session.h>
 #include <internal/errno.h>
+#include <ealanos/memory/hamstraaja.h>
 
 
 namespace Libc {
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ class Libc::Malloc
 			SLAB_START    = 5,  /* 32 bytes (log2) */
 			SLAB_STOP     = 11, /* 2048 bytes (log2) */
 			NUM_SLABS     = (SLAB_STOP - SLAB_START) + 1,
-			DEFAULT_ALIGN = 16
+			DEFAULT_ALIGN = 64
 		};
 
 		struct Metadata
@@ -232,10 +235,11 @@ class Libc::Malloc
 
 
 using namespace Libc;
+using Hamsterer = Ealan::Memory::Hamstraaja<32, 2048>;
 
+//static Malloc *mallocator;
 
-static Malloc *mallocator;
-
+static Hamsterer *mallocator;
 
 extern "C" void *malloc(size_t size)
 {
@@ -267,13 +271,21 @@ extern "C" void *realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 
-	return mallocator->realloc(ptr, size);
+	void *new_addr = mallocator->alloc(size);
+
+	if (new_addr) {
+		::memcpy(new_addr, ptr, size);
+		free(ptr);
+	}
+	
+	return new_addr;
+	//return mallocator->realloc(ptr, size);
 }
 
 
 int posix_memalign(void **memptr, size_t alignment, size_t size)
 {
-	*memptr = mallocator->alloc(size, alignment);
+	*memptr = mallocator->aligned_alloc(size, alignment);
 
 	if (!*memptr)
 		return Errno(ENOMEM);
@@ -283,19 +295,19 @@ int posix_memalign(void **memptr, size_t alignment, size_t size)
 
 
 /* space for singleton object w/o destructor */
-static long _malloc_obj[(sizeof(Malloc) + sizeof(long))/sizeof(long)];
+static long _malloc_obj[(sizeof(Hamsterer) + sizeof(long))/sizeof(long)];
 
 
-void Libc::init_malloc(Genode::Allocator &heap)
+void Libc::init_malloc(Genode::Pd_session &pd, Genode::Region_map &rm)
 {
-	mallocator = construct_at<Malloc>(_malloc_obj, heap);
+	mallocator = construct_at<Hamsterer>(_malloc_obj, pd, rm);
 }
 
 
 void Libc::init_malloc_cloned(Clone_connection &clone_connection)
 {
 	clone_connection.object_content(_malloc_obj);
-	mallocator = (Malloc *)_malloc_obj;
+	mallocator = (Hamsterer *)_malloc_obj;
 }