diff --git a/src-self-hosted/main.zig b/src-self-hosted/main.zig
index bba16dfb3f..0912e7d5f1 100644
--- a/src-self-hosted/main.zig
+++ b/src-self-hosted/main.zig
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ pub fn main2() -> %void {
 }
 
 
+var fixed_buffer_mem: [100 * 1024]u8 = undefined;
+
 fn testCanonical(source: []const u8) {
-    const allocator = std.debug.global_allocator;
-    std.debug.global_allocator_index = 0;
+    var fixed_allocator = mem.FixedBufferAllocator.init(fixed_buffer_mem[0..]);
+    const allocator = &fixed_allocator.allocator;
 
     var tokenizer = Tokenizer.init(source);
     var parser = Parser.init(&tokenizer, allocator, "(memory buffer)");
diff --git a/std/debug.zig b/std/debug.zig
index 3e7a38d043..25d6c84e0b 100644
--- a/std/debug.zig
+++ b/std/debug.zig
@@ -965,41 +965,6 @@ fn readILeb128(in_stream: &io.InStream) -> %i64 {
     }
 }
 
-pub const global_allocator = &global_allocator_state;
-
-var global_allocator_state = mem.Allocator {
-    .allocFn = globalAlloc,
-    .reallocFn = globalRealloc,
-    .freeFn = globalFree,
-};
-
-pub var global_allocator_mem: [100 * 1024]u8 = undefined;
-pub var global_allocator_index: usize = 0;
-
-error OutOfMemory;
-
-fn globalAlloc(self: &mem.Allocator, n: usize, alignment: u29) -> %[]u8 {
-    const addr = @ptrToInt(&global_allocator_mem[global_allocator_index]);
-    const rem = @rem(addr, alignment);
-    const march_forward_bytes = if (rem == 0) 0 else (alignment - rem);
-    const adjusted_index = global_allocator_index + march_forward_bytes;
-    const end_index = adjusted_index + n;
-    if (end_index > global_allocator_mem.len) {
-        return error.OutOfMemory;
-    }
-    const result = global_allocator_mem[adjusted_index .. end_index];
-    global_allocator_index = end_index;
-    return result;
-}
-
-fn globalRealloc(self: &mem.Allocator, old_mem: []u8, new_size: usize, alignment: u29) -> %[]u8 {
-    if (new_size <= old_mem.len) {
-        return old_mem[0..new_size];
-    } else {
-        const result = %return globalAlloc(self, new_size, alignment);
-        @memcpy(result.ptr, old_mem.ptr, old_mem.len);
-        return result;
-    }
-}
-
-fn globalFree(self: &mem.Allocator, memory: []u8) { }
+pub const global_allocator = &global_fixed_allocator.allocator;
+var global_fixed_allocator = mem.FixedBufferAllocator.init(global_allocator_mem[0..]);
+var global_allocator_mem: [100 * 1024]u8 = undefined;
diff --git a/std/mem.zig b/std/mem.zig
index eec29e9caf..4f7609dd94 100644
--- a/std/mem.zig
+++ b/std/mem.zig
@@ -105,6 +105,51 @@ pub const Allocator = struct {
     }
 };
 
+pub const FixedBufferAllocator = struct {
+    allocator: Allocator,
+    end_index: usize,
+    buffer: []u8,
+
+    pub fn init(buffer: []u8) -> FixedBufferAllocator {
+        return FixedBufferAllocator {
+            .allocator = Allocator {
+                .allocFn = alloc,
+                .reallocFn = realloc,
+                .freeFn = free,
+            },
+            .buffer = buffer,
+            .end_index = 0,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn alloc(allocator: &Allocator, n: usize, alignment: u29) -> %[]u8 {
+        const self = @fieldParentPtr(FixedBufferAllocator, "allocator", allocator);
+        const addr = @ptrToInt(&self.buffer[self.end_index]);
+        const rem = @rem(addr, alignment);
+        const march_forward_bytes = if (rem == 0) 0 else (alignment - rem);
+        const adjusted_index = self.end_index + march_forward_bytes;
+        const new_end_index = adjusted_index + n;
+        if (new_end_index > self.buffer.len) {
+            return error.OutOfMemory;
+        }
+        const result = self.buffer[adjusted_index .. new_end_index];
+        self.end_index = new_end_index;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    fn realloc(allocator: &Allocator, old_mem: []u8, new_size: usize, alignment: u29) -> %[]u8 {
+        if (new_size <= old_mem.len) {
+            return old_mem[0..new_size];
+        } else {
+            const result = %return alloc(allocator, new_size, alignment);
+            copy(u8, result, old_mem);
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn free(allocator: &Allocator, bytes: []u8) { }
+};
+
 
 /// Copy all of source into dest at position 0.
 /// dest.len must be >= source.len.