diff --git a/deps/hiredis/sds.c b/deps/hiredis/sds.c
index f1e4f949..e3dd6735 100644
--- a/deps/hiredis/sds.c
+++ b/deps/hiredis/sds.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,15 @@ sds sdsjoinsds(sds *argv, int argc, const char *sep, size_t seplen) {
     return join;
 }
 
+/* Wrappers to the allocators used by SDS. Note that SDS will actually
+ * just use the macros defined into sdsalloc.h in order to avoid to pay
+ * the overhead of function calls. Here we define these wrappers only for
+ * the programs SDS is linked to, if they want to touch the SDS internals
+ * even if they use a different allocator. */
+void *sds_malloc(size_t size) { return s_malloc(size); }
+void *sds_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size) { return s_realloc(ptr,size); }
+void sds_free(void *ptr) { s_free(ptr); }
+
 #if defined(SDS_TEST_MAIN)
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "testhelp.h"
diff --git a/deps/hiredis/sds.h b/deps/hiredis/sds.h
index d7eb4c7d..394f8b52 100644
--- a/deps/hiredis/sds.h
+++ b/deps/hiredis/sds.h
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ sds sdsRemoveFreeSpace(sds s);
 size_t sdsAllocSize(sds s);
 void *sdsAllocPtr(sds s);
 
+/* Export the allocator used by SDS to the program using SDS.
+ * Sometimes the program SDS is linked to, may use a different set of
+ * allocators, but may want to allocate or free things that SDS will
+ * respectively free or allocate. */
+void *sds_malloc(size_t size);
+void *sds_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
+void sds_free(void *ptr);
+
 #ifdef REDIS_TEST
 int sdsTest(int argc, char *argv[]);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index f85463f2..09fc28ad 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static sds *cliSplitArgs(char *line, int *argc) {
     if (config.eval_ldb && (strstr(line,"eval ") == line ||
                             strstr(line,"e ") == line))
     {
-        sds *argv = zmalloc(sizeof(sds)*2);
+        sds *argv = sds_malloc(sizeof(sds)*2);
         *argc = 2;
         int len = strlen(line);
         int elen = line[1] == ' ' ? 2 : 5; /* "e " or "eval "? */
diff --git a/src/sds.c b/src/sds.c
index f1e4f949..e3dd6735 100644
--- a/src/sds.c
+++ b/src/sds.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,15 @@ sds sdsjoinsds(sds *argv, int argc, const char *sep, size_t seplen) {
     return join;
 }
 
+/* Wrappers to the allocators used by SDS. Note that SDS will actually
+ * just use the macros defined into sdsalloc.h in order to avoid to pay
+ * the overhead of function calls. Here we define these wrappers only for
+ * the programs SDS is linked to, if they want to touch the SDS internals
+ * even if they use a different allocator. */
+void *sds_malloc(size_t size) { return s_malloc(size); }
+void *sds_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size) { return s_realloc(ptr,size); }
+void sds_free(void *ptr) { s_free(ptr); }
+
 #if defined(SDS_TEST_MAIN)
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "testhelp.h"
diff --git a/src/sds.h b/src/sds.h
index d7eb4c7d..394f8b52 100644
--- a/src/sds.h
+++ b/src/sds.h
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ sds sdsRemoveFreeSpace(sds s);
 size_t sdsAllocSize(sds s);
 void *sdsAllocPtr(sds s);
 
+/* Export the allocator used by SDS to the program using SDS.
+ * Sometimes the program SDS is linked to, may use a different set of
+ * allocators, but may want to allocate or free things that SDS will
+ * respectively free or allocate. */
+void *sds_malloc(size_t size);
+void *sds_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
+void sds_free(void *ptr);
+
 #ifdef REDIS_TEST
 int sdsTest(int argc, char *argv[]);
 #endif