diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index af4f9ead..d52def45 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ OBJS = main.o init.o graph.o $(APIOBJ) misc.o special.o \
        fileformats.o miscfileformats.o libraw2crtc.o \
        brush_ops.o buttons_effects.o layers.o \
        oldies.o tiles.o colorred.o unicode.o gfx2surface.o \
-       gfx2log.o tifformat.o
+       gfx2log.o gfx2mem.o tifformat.o
 ifndef NORECOIL
 OBJS += loadrecoil.o recoil.o
 endif
diff --git a/src/gfx2mem.c b/src/gfx2mem.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1156c586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gfx2mem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* vim:expandtab:ts=2 sw=2:
+*/
+/*  Grafx2 - The Ultimate 256-color bitmap paint program
+
+    Copyright 2019 Thomas Bernard
+    Copyright 1996-2001 Sunset Design (Guillaume Dorme & Karl Maritaud)
+
+    Grafx2 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+    as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
+    of the License.
+
+    Grafx2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with Grafx2; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "gfx2mem.h"
+#include "gfx2log.h"
+
+void * GFX2_malloc_and_log(size_t size, const char * file, unsigned line)
+{
+  void * p = malloc(size);
+  if (p == NULL)
+    GFX2_Log(GFX2_ERROR, "%s:%u Failed to allocate %lu bytes",
+             file, line, (unsigned long)size);
+  return p;
+}
diff --git a/src/gfx2mem.h b/src/gfx2mem.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..537b559f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gfx2mem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* vim:expandtab:ts=2 sw=2:
+*/
+/*  Grafx2 - The Ultimate 256-color bitmap paint program
+
+    Copyright 2019 Thomas Bernard
+    Copyright 1996-2001 Sunset Design (Guillaume Dorme & Karl Maritaud)
+
+    Grafx2 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+    as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
+    of the License.
+
+    Grafx2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with Grafx2; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+#ifndef GFX2MEM_H_DEFINED
+#define GFX2MEM_H_DEFINED
+
+/// malloc() memory and log in case of error
+void * GFX2_malloc_and_log(size_t size, const char * file, unsigned line);
+
+/// malloc() memory and log in case of error
+#define GFX2_malloc(size) GFX2_malloc_and_log((size), __FILE__, __LINE__)
+
+#endif