diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 45f43446a..cdaa49fb5 100644
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # do not use this script
 # it is written only for internal tests via Travis CI
 
-FILES="usr/tests/hello usr/tests/hellof usr/tests/hello++ usr/tests/thr_hello usr/tests/pi usr/benchmarks/stream usr/benchmarks/basic usr/tests/signals"
+FILES="usr/tests/hello usr/tests/hellof usr/tests/hello++ usr/tests/thr_hello usr/tests/pi usr/benchmarks/stream usr/benchmarks/basic usr/tests/signals usr/tests/test-malloc usr/tests/test-malloc-mt"
 PROXY=/opt/hermit/bin/proxy
 
 for f in $FILES; do echo "check $f..."; timeout --kill-after=5m 5m $PROXY $f || exit 1; done
diff --git a/usr/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/usr/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index a54926f79..40fbe4464 100644
--- a/usr/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/usr/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ add_executable(hello++ hello++.cpp)
 add_executable(hellof hellof.f90)
 add_executable(pi pi.go)
 
+add_executable(test-malloc test-malloc.c)
+add_executable(test-malloc-mt test-malloc-mt.c)
+target_link_libraries(test-malloc-mt pthread)
+
 add_executable(server server.go)
 target_link_libraries(server netgo)
 
diff --git a/usr/tests/test-malloc-mt.c b/usr/tests/test-malloc-mt.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..186fe50a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/tests/test-malloc-mt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#ifndef NUM_THREADS
+#define NUM_THREADS     3
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NUM_ITER
+#define NUM_ITER    10000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SIZE
+#define SIZE    16384
+#endif
+
+void* perform_work( void* argument )
+{
+    int passed_in_value;
+
+    passed_in_value = *( ( int* )argument );
+    printf( "Hello World! It's me, thread with argument %d!\n", passed_in_value );
+
+    /* optionally: insert more useful stuff here */
+    int i;
+    void* buf;
+    for(i=0; i<NUM_ITER; i++)
+    {
+        buf = malloc(SIZE*i);
+        free(buf);
+    }
+    malloc_stats();
+    pthread_t id = pthread_self();
+#ifndef LINUX 
+    printf("thread %lu finished allocation\n", id.x);
+#else
+    printf("thread %u finished allocation\n", id);
+#endif
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+int main( int argc, char** argv )
+{
+    pthread_t threads[ NUM_THREADS ];
+    int thread_args[ NUM_THREADS ];
+    int result_code;
+    unsigned index;
+
+    // create all threads one by one
+    for( index = 0; index < NUM_THREADS; ++index )
+    {
+        thread_args[ index ] = index;
+        printf("In main: creating thread %d\n", index);
+        result_code = pthread_create( &threads[index], NULL, perform_work, &thread_args[index] );
+        assert( !result_code );
+    }
+
+    // wait for each thread to complete
+    for( index = 0; index < NUM_THREADS; ++index )
+    {
+        // block until thread 'index' completes
+        result_code = pthread_join( threads[ index ], NULL );
+        assert( !result_code );
+        printf( "In main: thread %d has completed\n", index );
+    }
+
+    printf( "In main: All threads completed successfully\n" );
+    exit( EXIT_SUCCESS );
+}
diff --git a/usr/tests/test-malloc.c b/usr/tests/test-malloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4d04280a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/tests/test-malloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#ifndef NUM_ITER
+#define NUM_ITER    100000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SIZE
+#define SIZE    16*1024
+#endif 
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    /* optionally: insert more useful stuff here */
+    void* buf;
+
+    for(int i=0; i<NUM_ITER; i++)
+    {
+        buf = malloc(SIZE*i);
+        free(buf);
+    }
+    malloc_stats();
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+