diff --git a/core/alloc.c b/core/alloc.c
index 1b1c3a9..1eeee22 100644
--- a/core/alloc.c
+++ b/core/alloc.c
@@ -145,3 +145,32 @@ void *malloc(size_t size)
         list_add_head(slubEntry, newSlab);
         return allocFromSlab(newSlab);
 }
+
+int slabFree(void *ptr, struct slabDesc *slab){
+        struct slabDesc *slabEntry;
+        int slabIdx;
+        list_foreach(slab, slabEntry, slabIdx)
+        {
+                if ((slabEntry->page <= (vaddr_t)ptr) &&
+                    ((vaddr_t)ptr < (slabEntry->page + PAGE_SIZE))){
+                        pr_devel("free place! was %d is now %d\n", slabEntry->freeEl, ptr);
+                        *((vaddr_t *)ptr) = (vaddr_t)slabEntry->freeEl;
+                        slabEntry->freeEl = ptr;
+                        slabEntry->full = 0;
+                        return 1;
+                }
+        }
+        return 0;
+}
+void free(void *ptr){
+        if(!ptr)
+                return;
+
+        struct slabDesc *slab;
+        int slabIdx;
+        list_foreach(slub, slab, slabIdx){
+                if(slabFree(ptr, slab))
+                        return;
+        }
+        pr_devel("free: slab not found\n");
+}
diff --git a/core/alloc.h b/core/alloc.h
index ee6ad3c..f339a9d 100644
--- a/core/alloc.h
+++ b/core/alloc.h
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ int allocInit(void);
 int allocBookSlab(size_t size, int selfContained);
 
 void *malloc(size_t size);
+void free(void* ptr);
diff --git a/tests/test.c b/tests/test.c
index 7e27989..8bd13e9 100644
--- a/tests/test.c
+++ b/tests/test.c
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ static void testAlloc(void)
 	void *malloc1 = malloc(sizeof(void *));
 	void *malloc2 = malloc(sizeof(void *));
 	assert((char *)malloc2 == ((char *)malloc1 + sizeof(void *)));
+	free(malloc2);
+	void *malloc3 = malloc(sizeof(void *));
+	assertmsg((char *)malloc2 == (char *)malloc3, " %d %d\n", malloc2, malloc3);
 	assert(malloc(1024));
 	assert(malloc(1024));
 	assert(malloc(1024));