diff --git a/memlog/GNUmakefile b/memlog/GNUmakefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..063dbba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memlog/GNUmakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+include GNUmakevars
+
+BINDIR=/usr/local/sbin
+
+include GNUmakerules
+
+memlog:
+
+install: $(BINDIR)/memlog 
+
+clean:
+	:
diff --git a/memlog/memlog b/memlog/memlog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc48b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memlog/memlog
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+now=`/bin/date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'`
+egrep -i '^[a-z]+: +[0-9]+ kB$' /proc/meminfo |\
+while read a
+do
+    echo "$now $a"
+done >> /var/log/memlog