diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index ac423d0..ddfb593 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ void *memory_map(size_t size) {
     return p;
 }
 
+int memory_map_fixed(void *ptr, size_t size) {
+    void *p = mmap(ptr, size, PROT_NONE, MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, -1, 0);
+    if (unlikely(p == MAP_FAILED)) {
+        if (errno != ENOMEM) {
+            fatal_error("non-ENOMEM mmap failure");
+        }
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int memory_unmap(void *ptr, size_t size) {
     int ret = munmap(ptr, size);
     if (unlikely(ret) && errno != ENOMEM) {
diff --git a/memory.h b/memory.h
index 76c0c71..5a3273d 100644
--- a/memory.h
+++ b/memory.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 void *memory_map(size_t size);
+int memory_map_fixed(void *ptr, size_t size);
 int memory_unmap(void *ptr, size_t size);
 int memory_protect_rw(void *ptr, size_t size);
 int memory_protect_ro(void *ptr, size_t size);