diff --git a/admin/autoupdater/src/util.c b/admin/autoupdater/src/util.c
index 881523f..1221925 100644
--- a/admin/autoupdater/src/util.c
+++ b/admin/autoupdater/src/util.c
@@ -100,3 +100,15 @@ float get_uptime(void) {
 	fputs("autoupdater: error: unable to determine uptime\n", stderr);
 	exit(1);
 }
+
+void *safe_malloc(size_t size, char *errmsg) {
+	void *ret = malloc(size);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (errmsg)
+		fprintf(stderr, "autoupdater: error: %s\n", errmsg);
+
+	abort();
+}
diff --git a/admin/autoupdater/src/util.h b/admin/autoupdater/src/util.h
index 5c23d79..65c0061 100644
--- a/admin/autoupdater/src/util.h
+++ b/admin/autoupdater/src/util.h
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@
 void run_dir(const char *dir);
 void randomize(void);
 float get_uptime(void);
+void *safe_malloc(size_t size, char *errmsg);