diff --git a/libctru/include/3ds/linear.h b/libctru/include/3ds/linear.h
index 8722f81..8289f31 100644
--- a/libctru/include/3ds/linear.h
+++ b/libctru/include/3ds/linear.h
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 void* linearAlloc(size_t size); // returns a 16-byte aligned address
 void* linearMemAlign(size_t size, size_t alignment);
 void* linearRealloc(void* mem, size_t size); // not implemented yet
+void* linearCalloc(size_t num, size_t size);
 void linearFree(void* mem);
 u32 linearSpaceFree(); // get free linear space in bytes
diff --git a/libctru/include/3ds/vram.h b/libctru/include/3ds/vram.h
index 9743410..2ee854c 100644
--- a/libctru/include/3ds/vram.h
+++ b/libctru/include/3ds/vram.h
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 void* vramAlloc(size_t size); // returns a 16-byte aligned address
 void* vramMemAlign(size_t size, size_t alignment);
 void* vramRealloc(void* mem, size_t size); // not implemented yet
+void* vramCalloc(size_t num, size_t size);
 void vramFree(void* mem);
 u32 vramSpaceFree(); // get free VRAM space in bytes
diff --git a/libctru/source/allocator/linear.cpp b/libctru/source/allocator/linear.cpp
index 0ad052c..1661b81 100644
--- a/libctru/source/allocator/linear.cpp
+++ b/libctru/source/allocator/linear.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ void* linearRealloc(void* mem, size_t size)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+void* linearCalloc(size_t num, size_t size)
+{
+	char* res = (char*)linearAlloc(size*num);
+	size_t i;
+	for(i=0;i<size*num;i++){
+		res[i] = 0;
+	}
+	return (void*)res;
+}
+
 void linearFree(void* mem)
 {
 	auto node = getNode(mem);
diff --git a/libctru/source/allocator/vram.cpp b/libctru/source/allocator/vram.cpp
index 4918729..bedc981 100644
--- a/libctru/source/allocator/vram.cpp
+++ b/libctru/source/allocator/vram.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ void* vramRealloc(void* mem, size_t size)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+void* vramCalloc(size_t num, size_t size)
+{
+	char* res = (char*)vramAlloc(size*num);
+	size_t i;
+	for(i=0;i<size*num;i++){
+		res[i] = 0;
+	}
+	return (void*)res;
+}
+
 void vramFree(void* mem)
 {
 	auto node = getNode(mem);