diff --git a/include/rapidjson/allocators.h b/include/rapidjson/allocators.h
index d3dcb12..d68b74c 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/allocators.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/allocators.h
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ concept Allocator {
 class CrtAllocator {
 public:
     static const bool kNeedFree = true;
-    void* Malloc(size_t size) { return std::malloc(size); }
+    void* Malloc(size_t size) { 
+        if (size) //  behavior of malloc(0) is implementation defined.
+            return std::malloc(size);
+        else
+            return NULL; // standardize to returning NULL.
+    }
     void* Realloc(void* originalPtr, size_t originalSize, size_t newSize) { (void)originalSize; return std::realloc(originalPtr, newSize); }
     static void Free(void *ptr) { std::free(ptr); }
 };
diff --git a/test/unittest/allocatorstest.cpp b/test/unittest/allocatorstest.cpp
index 774bf9b..1dba812 100644
--- a/test/unittest/allocatorstest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/allocatorstest.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ using namespace rapidjson;
 
 template <typename Allocator>
 void TestAllocator(Allocator& a) {
+    EXPECT_TRUE(a.Malloc(0) == 0);
+
     uint8_t* p = (uint8_t*)a.Malloc(100);
     EXPECT_TRUE(p != 0);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < 100; i++)