diff --git a/src/stdlib/lv_mem.c b/src/stdlib/lv_mem.c
index bfc887fff..ece066783 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/lv_mem.c
+++ b/src/stdlib/lv_mem.c
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ void * lv_malloc_zeroed(size_t size)
     return alloc;
 }
 
+void * lv_calloc(size_t num, size_t size)
+{
+    LV_TRACE_MEM("allocating number of %zu each %zu bytes", num, size);
+    return lv_malloc_zeroed(num * size);
+}
+
+void * lv_zalloc(size_t size)
+{
+    return lv_malloc_zeroed(size);
+}
+
 void lv_free(void * data)
 {
     LV_TRACE_MEM("freeing %p", data);
diff --git a/src/stdlib/lv_mem.h b/src/stdlib/lv_mem.h
index 210c18988..6385dda96 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/lv_mem.h
+++ b/src/stdlib/lv_mem.h
@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@ void lv_mem_remove_pool(lv_mem_pool_t pool);
  */
 void * lv_malloc(size_t size);
 
+/**
+ * Allocate a block of zeroed memory dynamically
+ * @param num requested number of element to be allocated.
+ * @param size requested size of each element in bytes.
+ * @return pointer to allocated zeroed memory, or NULL on failure
+ */
+void * lv_calloc(size_t num, size_t size);
+
+/**
+ * Allocate zeroed memory dynamically
+ * @param size requested size in bytes
+ * @return pointer to allocated zeroed memory, or NULL on failure
+ */
+void * lv_zalloc(size_t size);
+
 /**
  * Allocate zeroed memory dynamically
  * @param size requested size in bytes