diff --git a/src/core/mem.c b/src/core/mem.c
index 7edd2a80..6ef311d6 100644
--- a/src/core/mem.c
+++ b/src/core/mem.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 
 #include "lwip/stats.h"
 
+#if (MEM_LIBC_MALLOC == 0)
+/* lwIP replacement for your libc malloc() */
+
 struct mem {
   mem_size_t next, prev;
 #if MEM_ALIGNMENT == 1
@@ -407,3 +410,5 @@ mem_malloc(mem_size_t size)
 }
 #endif
 
+#endif /* MEM_LIBC_MALLOC == 0 */
+