diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5c588a70e..5080b82a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ exts = [
               include_dirs=includes),
     Extension("spacy.tokens", ["spacy/tokens.pyx"], language="c++",
               include_dirs=includes),
-
-
-
+    Extension("spacy.memory", ["spacy/memory.pyx"], language="c++",
+              include_dirs=includes)
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/spacy/memory.pxd b/spacy/memory.pxd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85155572e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/memory.pxd
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from libcpp.vector cimport vector
+
+cdef class Pool:
+    cdef vector[void*] _addresses
+
+    cdef void* alloc(self, size_t number, size_t size) except NULL
+    cdef void* realloc(self, void* addr, size_t n) except NULL
+
+
+cdef class Address:
+    cdef size_t addr
diff --git a/spacy/memory.pyx b/spacy/memory.pyx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cdc7fc05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/memory.pyx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from cpython.mem cimport PyMem_Malloc, PyMem_Realloc, PyMem_Free
+from libc.string cimport memset
+
+from libcpp.vector cimport vector
+
+
+cdef class Pool:
+    def __cinit__(self):
+        pass
+
+    def __dealloc__(self):
+        cdef void* addr
+        for addr in self._addresses:
+            PyMem_Free(<void*>addr)
+
+    cdef void* alloc(self, size_t number, size_t size) except NULL:
+        cdef void* addr = PyMem_Malloc(number * size)
+        memset(addr, 0, number * size)
+        self._addresses.push_back(addr)
+        return addr
+
+    cdef void* realloc(self, void* addr, size_t n) except NULL:
+        cdef size_t i
+        for i in range(self.size()):
+            if self._addresses[i] == addr:
+                self._addresses[i] = PyMem_Realloc(addr, n)
+                return self._addresses[i]
+        else:
+            raise MemoryError("Address to realloc not found in pool")
+
+
+cdef class Address:
+    def __cinit__(self, size_t number, size_t size):
+        cdef void* addr = PyMem_Malloc(number * size)
+        memset(addr, 0, number * size)
+        self.addr = <size_t>addr
+
+    def __dealloc__(self):
+        PyMem_Free(<void*>self.addr)