2 files changed, 33 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 26882ff..fe151fe 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #![no_main]
 #![no_std]
+#![feature(alloc_error_handler)]
 
-use safe_libc as libc;
+mod system_alloc;
+
+extern crate alloc;
 use libc::cstr;
+use safe_libc as libc;
 
 use core::fmt::Write;
 
@@ -19,17 +23,20 @@ pub extern "C" fn main(_nargs: libc::c_int, _args: *const *const libc::c_char) -
 		let x = libc::string::CString::from("foo");
 		let l = x.len();
 		let y = x.into_raw();
-		let z = unsafe {
-			libc::boxed::CBox::slice_from_raw_parts(y, l)
-		};
+		let z = unsafe { alloc::boxed::Box::from_raw(core::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(y, l)) };
 		let _ = writeln!(stdout, "Foo: {} {} {}", z[0], z[1], z[2]);
 	}
 
 	{
-		let b = libc::boxed::CBox::new(42);
+		let b = alloc::boxed::Box::new(42);
 		let _ = writeln!(stdout, "Bar: {}", b);
 	}
 
+	{
+		let x = alloc::boxed::Box::new(());
+		let _ = writeln!(stdout, "Box: {:?}", x);
+	}
+
 	0
 }
 
diff --git a/src/system_alloc.rs b/src/system_alloc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad1afcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/system_alloc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use safe_libc as libc;
+
+struct System;
+
+unsafe impl alloc::alloc::GlobalAlloc for System {
+	unsafe fn alloc(&self, layout: alloc::alloc::Layout) -> *mut u8 {
+		libc::memalign(layout.align(), layout.size()).cast()
+	}
+
+	unsafe fn dealloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, _layout: alloc::alloc::Layout) {
+		libc::free(ptr.cast());
+	}
+}
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static SYSTEM_ALLOC: System = System;
+
+#[alloc_error_handler]
+fn alloc_error(_: core::alloc::Layout) -> ! {
+	panic!("allocation failure");
+}