diff --git a/deps/hiredis/zmalloc.h b/deps/hiredis/zmalloc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99b87ace9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/hiredis/zmalloc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* Drop in replacement for zmalloc.h in order to just use libc malloc without
+ * any wrappering. */
+
+#ifndef ZMALLOC_H
+#define ZMALLOC_H
+
+#define zmalloc malloc
+#define zrealloc realloc
+#define zcalloc(x) calloc(x,1)
+#define zfree free
+#define zstrdup strdup
+
+#endif