diff --git a/hogs/memhog.c b/hogs/memhog.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0aa5d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hogs/memhog.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main(void) {
+        size_t s = 0x100000;
+	size_t sum = 0;
+
+        while (s) {
+                void *p;
+                if (p = malloc(s)) {
+			sum += s;
+                        printf("%lu - %lu\n",
+			       (unsigned long)s,
+			       (unsigned long)sum);
+                        sleep (1);
+                        memset(p, 'a', s);
+			s *= 2;
+                } else {
+                        s /= 2;
+                }
+        }
+        return 0;
+}