diff --git a/library/std/Cargo.toml b/library/std/Cargo.toml
index 33c9c6e63c1..e2b97f983d2 100644
--- a/library/std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/library/std/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ object = { version = "0.32.0", default-features = false, optional = true, featur
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 rand_xorshift = "0.3.0"
 
-[target.'cfg(any(all(target_family = "wasm", target_os = "unknown"), all(target_vendor = "fortanix", target_env = "sgx")))'.dependencies]
-dlmalloc = { version = "0.2.3", features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'] }
+[target.'cfg(any(all(target_family = "wasm", target_os = "unknown"), target_os = "xous", all(target_vendor = "fortanix", target_env = "sgx")))'.dependencies]
+dlmalloc = { version = "0.2.4", features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'] }
 
 [target.x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx.dependencies]
 fortanix-sgx-abi = { version = "0.5.0", features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'], public = true }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/xous/alloc.rs b/library/std/src/sys/xous/alloc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3a3e691e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/xous/alloc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use crate::alloc::{GlobalAlloc, Layout, System};
+
+static mut DLMALLOC: dlmalloc::Dlmalloc = dlmalloc::Dlmalloc::new();
+
+#[stable(feature = "alloc_system_type", since = "1.28.0")]
+unsafe impl GlobalAlloc for System {
+    #[inline]
+    unsafe fn alloc(&self, layout: Layout) -> *mut u8 {
+        // SAFETY: DLMALLOC access is guaranteed to be safe because the lock gives us unique and non-reentrant access.
+        // Calling malloc() is safe because preconditions on this function match the trait method preconditions.
+        let _lock = lock::lock();
+        unsafe { DLMALLOC.malloc(layout.size(), layout.align()) }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    unsafe fn alloc_zeroed(&self, layout: Layout) -> *mut u8 {
+        // SAFETY: DLMALLOC access is guaranteed to be safe because the lock gives us unique and non-reentrant access.
+        // Calling calloc() is safe because preconditions on this function match the trait method preconditions.
+        let _lock = lock::lock();
+        unsafe { DLMALLOC.calloc(layout.size(), layout.align()) }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    unsafe fn dealloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, layout: Layout) {
+        // SAFETY: DLMALLOC access is guaranteed to be safe because the lock gives us unique and non-reentrant access.
+        // Calling free() is safe because preconditions on this function match the trait method preconditions.
+        let _lock = lock::lock();
+        unsafe { DLMALLOC.free(ptr, layout.size(), layout.align()) }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    unsafe fn realloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, layout: Layout, new_size: usize) -> *mut u8 {
+        // SAFETY: DLMALLOC access is guaranteed to be safe because the lock gives us unique and non-reentrant access.
+        // Calling realloc() is safe because preconditions on this function match the trait method preconditions.
+        let _lock = lock::lock();
+        unsafe { DLMALLOC.realloc(ptr, layout.size(), layout.align(), new_size) }
+    }
+}
+
+mod lock {
+    use crate::sync::atomic::{AtomicI32, Ordering::SeqCst};
+
+    static LOCKED: AtomicI32 = AtomicI32::new(0);
+
+    pub struct DropLock;
+
+    pub fn lock() -> DropLock {
+        loop {
+            if LOCKED.swap(1, SeqCst) == 0 {
+                return DropLock;
+            }
+            crate::os::xous::ffi::do_yield();
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Drop for DropLock {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            let r = LOCKED.swap(0, SeqCst);
+            debug_assert_eq!(r, 1);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/xous/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/xous/mod.rs
index 92089e8384c..3c9eed10127 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/xous/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/xous/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
 
-#[path = "../unsupported/alloc.rs"]
 pub mod alloc;
 #[path = "../unsupported/args.rs"]
 pub mod args;