diff --git a/include/stdlib.h b/include/stdlib.h
index 740bd06f274..f43bae48dd7 100644
--- a/include/stdlib.h
+++ b/include/stdlib.h
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ size_t    wcstombs(FAR char *dst, FAR const wchar_t *src, size_t len);
 /* Memory Management */
 
 FAR void *malloc(size_t);
+FAR void *valloc(size_t);
 void      free(FAR void *);
 FAR void *realloc(FAR void *, size_t);
 FAR void *memalign(size_t, size_t);
diff --git a/mm/umm_heap/Make.defs b/mm/umm_heap/Make.defs
index 75653531c0a..1999fa06e24 100644
--- a/mm/umm_heap/Make.defs
+++ b/mm/umm_heap/Make.defs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 CSRCS += umm_initialize.c umm_addregion.c umm_sem.c
 CSRCS += umm_brkaddr.c umm_calloc.c umm_extend.c umm_free.c umm_mallinfo.c
 CSRCS += umm_malloc.c umm_memalign.c umm_realloc.c umm_zalloc.c umm_heapmember.c
-CSRCS += umm_globals.c
+CSRCS += umm_globals.c umm_valloc.c
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL),y)
 CSRCS += umm_sbrk.c
diff --git a/mm/umm_heap/umm_valloc.c b/mm/umm_heap/umm_valloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd3819bb349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/umm_heap/umm_valloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * mm/umm_heap/umm_valloc.c
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you 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.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: valloc
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   valloc - page-aligned memory allocator (OBSOLETE/LEGACY)
+ *
+ *   valloc has the same effect as malloc(), except that the allocated
+ *   memory is aligned to a page boundary.
+ *
+ * Input Parameters:
+ *   size - Specifies the size (in bytes) of the allocated block of memory.
+ *   If size is zero, a unique pointer to the heap is returned.
+ *
+ * Returned Value:
+ *   The address of the allocated memory (NULL on failure to allocate)
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+FAR void *valloc(size_t size)
+{
+  return memalign(sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), size);
+}