diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 58b85b29..c5194961 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ include/metalsvm/config.inc
 tools/make_initrd
 tools/scc_bootinfo.asm
 newlib/examples/hello
+newlib/examples/memtests
 newlib/examples/jacobi
 newlib/examples/echo
 newlib/examples/tests
diff --git a/apps/tests.c b/apps/tests.c
index 079bb0bc..f0ba1c34 100644
--- a/apps/tests.c
+++ b/apps/tests.c
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ struct testcase_t testcases[] = {
 //	USERSPACE_TC("/bin/jacobi", "Jacobi serial user space app"),
 	USERSPACE_TC("/bin/tests", "Tests user space app"),
 	//USERSPACE_TC("/bin/hello", "Hello userspace app"),
+	USERSPACE_TC("/bin/memtests", "malloc 8MB"),
 	KERNELSPACE_TC(producer_consumer, "Producer consumer kernel space test"),
 	KERNELSPACE_TC(join_test, "Join kernel space test"),
 #ifdef CONFIG_ROCKCREEK
diff --git a/apps/tests.h b/apps/tests.h
index 766238b0..aae7c6d7 100644
--- a/apps/tests.h
+++ b/apps/tests.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 //#define START_TESTS
 //#define START_JACOBI
 
-#define START_CHIEFTEST
+//#define START_CHIEFTEST
 
 // does our demos require GFX support?
 //#define CONFIG_GFX
diff --git a/newlib/examples/Makefile b/newlib/examples/Makefile
index 25019007..82d83374 100644
--- a/newlib/examples/Makefile
+++ b/newlib/examples/Makefile
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@ LDFLAGS =
 
 default: all
 	
-all: hello tests jacobi mshell server client rlogind
+all: memtests hello tests jacobi mshell server client rlogind
 
 jacobi: jacobi.o
 	$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -T link.ld -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)  $< -lm
 	$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(KEEP_DEBUG) $@ $@.sym
 	$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(STRIP_DEBUG) $@
 	chmod a-x $@.sym
+
+memtests: memtests.o
+	$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -T link.ld -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)  $< -lm
+	$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(KEEP_DEBUG) $@ $@.sym
+	$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(STRIP_DEBUG) $@
+	chmod a-x $@.sym
 	
 tests: tests.o
 	$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -T link.ld -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $<
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ client: client.o
 	chmod a-x $@.sym
 	
 clean:
-	$(RM) hello tests server client rlogind mshell jacobi hello *.sym *.o *~ 
+	$(RM) hello tests server client rlogind memtests mshell jacobi hello *.sym *.o *~ 
 
 depend:
 	$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -MM $(CFLAGS) *.c > Makefile.dep
diff --git a/newlib/examples/memtests.c b/newlib/examples/memtests.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11f45cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/examples/memtests.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 Stefan Lankes, Chair for Operating Systems,
+ *                               RWTH Aachen University
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This file is part of MetalSVM.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+
+/*file descriptor init*/
+#define TEST_SIZE_MB 8
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+	uint8_t* test = malloc(sizeof(char)*TEST_SIZE_MB*1024*1024);
+}