diff --git a/src/fn_call.rs b/src/fn_call.rs
index 038f5ed8a047..83eb37708e8e 100644
--- a/src/fn_call.rs
+++ b/src/fn_call.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'a, 'mir, 'tcx: 'a + 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'
                     this.write_scalar(Scalar::Ptr(ptr.with_default_tag()), dest)?;
                 }
             }
+            "calloc" => {
+                let items = this.read_scalar(args[0])?.to_usize(this)?;
+                let len = this.read_scalar(args[1])?.to_usize(this)?;
+                let bytes = items.checked_mul(len).ok_or_else(|| InterpError::Overflow(mir::BinOp::Mul))?;
+
+                if bytes == 0 {
+                    this.write_null(dest)?;
+                } else {
+                    let size = Size::from_bytes(bytes);
+                    let align = this.tcx.data_layout.pointer_align.abi;
+                    let ptr = this.memory_mut().allocate(size, align, MiriMemoryKind::C.into()).with_default_tag();
+                    this.memory_mut().get_mut(ptr.alloc_id)?.write_repeat(tcx, ptr, 0, size)?;
+                    this.write_scalar(Scalar::Ptr(ptr), dest)?;
+                }
+            }
             "posix_memalign" => {
                 let ret = this.deref_operand(args[0])?;
                 let align = this.read_scalar(args[1])?.to_usize(this)?;
diff --git a/tests/run-pass/calloc.rs b/tests/run-pass/calloc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c520da85e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-pass/calloc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//ignore-windows: Uses POSIX APIs
+
+#![feature(rustc_private)]
+
+use core::slice;
+
+extern crate libc;
+
+fn main() {
+    unsafe {
+        let p1 = libc::calloc(0, 0);
+        assert!(p1.is_null());
+
+        let p2 = libc::calloc(20, 0);
+        assert!(p2.is_null());
+
+        let p3 = libc::calloc(0, 20);
+        assert!(p3.is_null());
+
+        let p4 = libc::calloc(4, 8);
+        assert!(!p4.is_null());
+        let slice = slice::from_raw_parts(p4 as *const u8, 4 * 8);
+        assert_eq!(&slice, &[0_u8; 4 * 8]);
+        libc::free(p4);
+    }
+}