diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.h b/src/dnsmasq.h
index 55051b8..80e9304 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq.h
+++ b/src/dnsmasq.h
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ struct event_desc {
 #define OPT_AUTH_LOG       76
 #define OPT_LEASEQUERY     77
 #define OPT_LOG_ONLY_FAILED  78
-#define OPT_LAST           79
+#define OPT_LOG_MALLOC     79
+#define OPT_LAST           80
 
 #define OPTION_BITS (sizeof(unsigned int)*8)
 #define OPTION_SIZE ( (OPT_LAST/OPTION_BITS)+((OPT_LAST%OPTION_BITS)!=0) )
@@ -1495,8 +1496,12 @@ unsigned char *do_rfc1035_name(unsigned char *p, char *sval, char *limit);
 void *safe_malloc(size_t size);
 void safe_strncpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size);
 void safe_pipe(int *fd, int read_noblock);
-void *whine_malloc(size_t size);
-void *whine_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
+#define whine_malloc(x) whine_malloc_real(__func__, __LINE__, (x))
+#define whine_realloc(x, y) whine_realloc_real(__func__, __LINE__, (x), (y))
+#define free(x) free_real(__func__, __LINE__, (x))
+void free_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, void *ptr);
+void *whine_malloc_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, size_t size);
+void *whine_realloc_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, void *ptr, size_t size);
 int sa_len(union mysockaddr *addr);
 int sockaddr_isequal(const union mysockaddr *s1, const union mysockaddr *s2);
 int sockaddr_isnull(const union mysockaddr *s);
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 67f3a45..550a50f 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ struct myoption {
 #define LOPT_DO_ENCODE     388
 #define LOPT_LEASEQUERY    389
 #define LOPT_SPLIT_RELAY   390
+#define LOPT_LOG_MALLOC    391
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
 static const struct option opts[] =  
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ static const struct myoption opts[] =
     { "no-ident", 0, 0, LOPT_NO_IDENT },
     { "max-tcp-connections", 1, 0, LOPT_MAX_PROCS },
     { "leasequery", 2, 0, LOPT_LEASEQUERY },
+    { "log-malloc", 0, 0, LOPT_LOG_MALLOC },
     { NULL, 0, 0, 0 }
   };
 
@@ -606,6 +608,7 @@ static struct {
   { LOPT_NO_IDENT, OPT_NO_IDENT, NULL, gettext_noop("Do not add CHAOS TXT records."), NULL },
   { LOPT_CACHE_RR, ARG_DUP, "<RR-type>", gettext_noop("Cache this DNS resource record type."), NULL },
   { LOPT_MAX_PROCS, ARG_ONE, "<integer>", gettext_noop("Maximum number of concurrent tcp connections."), NULL },
+  { LOPT_LOG_MALLOC, OPT_LOG_MALLOC, NULL, gettext_noop("Log memory allocation for debugging."), NULL },
   { 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL }
 }; 
 
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index e4d74e6..40214b3 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -341,26 +341,6 @@ void safe_pipe(int *fd, int read_noblock)
     die(_("cannot create pipe: %s"), NULL, EC_MISC);
 }
 
-void *whine_malloc(size_t size)
-{
-  void *ret = calloc(1, size);
-
-  if (!ret)
-    my_syslog(LOG_ERR, _("failed to allocate %d bytes"), (int) size);
-  
-  return ret;
-}
-
-void *whine_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
-{
-  void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
-
-  if (!ret)
-    my_syslog(LOG_ERR, _("failed to reallocate %d bytes"), (int) size);
-
-  return ret;
-}
-
 int sockaddr_isequal(const union mysockaddr *s1, const union mysockaddr *s2)
 {
   if (s1->sa.sa_family == s2->sa.sa_family)
@@ -949,3 +929,39 @@ int kernel_version(void)
   return version * 256 + (split ? atoi(split) : 0);
 }
 #endif
+
+#define hash_ptr(x) (((unsigned int)(((char *)(x)) - ((char *)NULL))) & 0xffffff)
+
+void *whine_malloc_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, size_t size)
+{
+  void *ret = calloc(1, size);
+  
+  if (!ret)
+    my_syslog(LOG_ERR, _("failed to allocate %d bytes"), (int) size);
+  else if (option_bool(OPT_LOG_MALLOC))
+    my_syslog(LOG_INFO, _("malloc: %s:%u %zu bytes at %x"), func, line, size, hash_ptr(ret));
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+void *whine_realloc_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+  unsigned int old = hash_ptr(ptr);
+  void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
+  
+  if (!ret)
+    my_syslog(LOG_ERR, _("failed to reallocate %d bytes"), (int) size);
+  else if (option_bool(OPT_LOG_MALLOC))
+    my_syslog(LOG_INFO, _("realloc: %s:%u %zu bytes from %x to %x"), func, line, size, old, hash_ptr(ret));
+  
+  return ret;
+}
+
+void free_real(const char *func, unsigned int line, void *ptr)
+{
+  if (option_bool(OPT_LOG_MALLOC))
+    my_syslog(LOG_INFO, _("free: %s:%u block at %x"), func, line, hash_ptr(ptr));
+  
+#undef free
+  free(ptr);
+}