diff --git a/Makefile.griffin b/Makefile.griffin
index a0ad0f3201..715ef7a17d 100644
--- a/Makefile.griffin
+++ b/Makefile.griffin
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ else ifeq ($(platform), vita)
   WANT_ZLIB						:= 1
   INCLUDE += -Ideps/libvita2d/include
   INCLUDE += -Ideps/zlib
-  PLATCFLAGS := -mthumb -mfloat-abi=hard -ffast-math -fsingle-precision-constant -mword-relocations
+  PLATCFLAGS := -mthumb -mfloat-abi=hard -fsingle-precision-constant \
+       -mword-relocations -fno-unwind-tables -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -ftree-vectorize -funroll-loops
   LIBS += -lSceKernel_stub -lSceDisplay_stub -lSceGxm_stub -lSceNet_stub -lSceNetCtl_stub\
 			 -lSceSysmodule_stub -lSceCtrl_stub -lSceAudio_stub -lSceFiber_stub\
 			 -lScePower_stub -lSceRtc_stub -lSceCommonDialog_stub -lScePgf_stub \
diff --git a/bootstrap/vita/sbrk.c b/bootstrap/vita/sbrk.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e960060b66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/vita/sbrk.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <reent.h>
+
+static int _newlib_heap_memblock;
+static unsigned _newlib_heap_size;
+static char *_newlib_heap_base, *_newlib_heap_end, *_newlib_heap_cur;
+static char _newlib_sbrk_mutex[32] __attribute__ ((aligned (8)));
+
+static int _newlib_vm_memblock;
+
+extern int _newlib_vm_size_user __attribute__((weak));
+
+void * _sbrk_r(struct _reent *reent, ptrdiff_t incr) {
+	if (sceKernelLockLwMutex(_newlib_sbrk_mutex, 1, 0) < 0)
+		goto fail;
+	if (!_newlib_heap_base || _newlib_heap_cur + incr >= _newlib_heap_end) {
+		sceKernelUnlockLwMutex(_newlib_sbrk_mutex, 1);
+fail:
+		reent->_errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	char *prev_heap_end = _newlib_heap_cur;
+	_newlib_heap_cur += incr;
+
+	sceKernelUnlockLwMutex(_newlib_sbrk_mutex, 1);
+	return (void*) prev_heap_end;
+}
+
+void _init_vita_heap(void) {
+  
+	int _newlib_vm_size = 0;
+	if (&_newlib_vm_size_user != NULL) {
+		_newlib_vm_size = _newlib_vm_size_user;
+	  _newlib_vm_memblock = sceKernelAllocMemBlockForVM("code", _newlib_vm_size_user);
+
+	  if (_newlib_vm_memblock < 0){
+	    sceClibPrintf("sceKernelAllocMemBlockForVM failed\n");
+			goto failure;
+		}
+	}else{
+		_newlib_vm_memblock = 0;
+	}
+	
+  
+	// Create a mutex to use inside _sbrk_r
+	if (sceKernelCreateLwMutex(_newlib_sbrk_mutex, "sbrk mutex", 0, 0, 0) < 0) {
+		goto failure;
+	}
+	if (&_newlib_heap_size_user != NULL) {
+		_newlib_heap_size = _newlib_heap_size_user;
+	} else {
+		// Create a memblock for the heap memory, 32MB
+		_newlib_heap_size = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
+	}
+	
+	_newlib_heap_size -= _newlib_vm_size; 
+	
+	_newlib_heap_memblock = sceKernelAllocMemBlock("Newlib heap", 0x0c20d060, _newlib_heap_size, 0);
+	if (_newlib_heap_memblock < 0) {
+		goto failure;
+	}
+	if (sceKernelGetMemBlockBase(_newlib_heap_memblock, &_newlib_heap_base) < 0) {
+		goto failure;
+	}
+	_newlib_heap_end = _newlib_heap_base + _newlib_heap_size;
+	_newlib_heap_cur = _newlib_heap_base;
+
+	return;
+failure:
+	_newlib_vm_memblock = 0;
+	_newlib_heap_memblock = 0;
+	_newlib_heap_base = 0;
+	_newlib_heap_cur = 0;
+}
+
+int getVMBlock(){
+  return _newlib_vm_memblock;
+}
+
+void _free_vita_heap(void) {
+	
+	// Destroy the sbrk mutex
+	sceKernelDeleteLwMutex(_newlib_sbrk_mutex);
+
+	// Free the heap memblock to avoid memory leakage.
+	sceKernelFreeMemBlock(_newlib_heap_memblock);
+  
+	if(_newlib_vm_memblock)
+  	sceKernelFreeMemBlock(_newlib_vm_memblock);
+
+	_newlib_vm_memblock = 0;
+	_newlib_heap_memblock = 0;
+	_newlib_heap_base = 0;
+	_newlib_heap_cur = 0;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_psp.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_psp.c
index 32ca741476..3574a9cf96 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_psp.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_psp.c
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 #include <psp2/sysmodule.h>
 #include <psp2/appmgr.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+
+int _newlib_heap_size_user = 192 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+#include "../../bootstrap/vita/sbrk.c"
+
 #else
 #include <pspkernel.h>
 #include <pspdebug.h>
@@ -56,7 +61,6 @@
 
 #ifdef VITA
 PSP2_MODULE_INFO(0, 0, "RetroArch");
-int _newlib_heap_size_user = 192 * 1024 * 1024;
 #else
 PSP_MODULE_INFO("RetroArch", 0, 1, 1);
 PSP_MAIN_THREAD_ATTR(THREAD_ATTR_USER|THREAD_ATTR_VFPU);