diff --git a/arch/sim/src/nuttx-names.in b/arch/sim/src/nuttx-names.in
index f8306e1d631..2e8d05b67ce 100644
--- a/arch/sim/src/nuttx-names.in
+++ b/arch/sim/src/nuttx-names.in
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ NXSYMBOLS(ioctl)
 NXSYMBOLS(longjmp)
 NXSYMBOLS(lseek)
 NXSYMBOLS(malloc)
+NXSYMBOLS(malloc_size)
 NXSYMBOLS(mallinfo)
 NXSYMBOLS(memalign)
 NXSYMBOLS(memcpy)
diff --git a/arch/sim/src/sim/up_heap.c b/arch/sim/src/sim/up_heap.c
index e57279d3715..acc8f17ac55 100644
--- a/arch/sim/src/sim/up_heap.c
+++ b/arch/sim/src/sim/up_heap.c
@@ -429,6 +429,15 @@ void mm_checkcorruption(FAR struct mm_heap_s *heap)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_MM */
 
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: malloc_size
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+size_t malloc_size(FAR void *mem)
+{
+  return host_malloc_size(mem);
+}
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * Name: up_allocate_heap
  *
diff --git a/arch/sim/src/sim/up_hostmemory.c b/arch/sim/src/sim/up_hostmemory.c
index e8238b00389..82a38dbebf5 100644
--- a/arch/sim/src/sim/up_hostmemory.c
+++ b/arch/sim/src/sim/up_hostmemory.c
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <malloc/malloc.h>
+#else
+#include <malloc.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "up_internal.h"
 
 /****************************************************************************
@@ -119,6 +125,15 @@ void host_free_shmem(void *mem)
   munmap(mem, 0);
 }
 
+size_t host_malloc_size(void *mem)
+{
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  return malloc_size(mem);
+#else
+  return malloc_usable_size(mem);
+#endif
+}
+
 void *host_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
 {
   void *p;
diff --git a/arch/sim/src/sim/up_internal.h b/arch/sim/src/sim/up_internal.h
index 0e074369ab6..e9e21f585d4 100644
--- a/arch/sim/src/sim/up_internal.h
+++ b/arch/sim/src/sim/up_internal.h
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ void *host_alloc_heap(size_t sz);
 void *host_alloc_shmem(const char *name, size_t size, int master);
 void  host_free_shmem(void *mem);
 
+size_t host_malloc_size(void *mem);
 void *host_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size);
 void host_free(void *mem);
 void *host_realloc(void *oldmem, size_t size);