diff --git a/src/client/Makefile.am b/src/client/Makefile.am
--- a/src/client/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/client/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include_HEADERS = distren.h
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libdistren.la
 
-libdistren_la_SOURCES = distren.h libdistren.h libdistren.c libdistren_job.c
+libdistren_la_SOURCES = distren.h libdistren.h libdistren.c libdistren_job.c libdistren_unbias.c
 #evidently the following should not be LDADD, but LDFLAGS because automake doesn't like the idea of LDADD for libraries for some reason... or I am very confused
 libdistren_la_LIBADD = @DISTLIBS_LIBS@
 libdistren_la_CXXFLAGS = @DISTLIBS_CFLAGS@
diff --git a/src/client/libdistren.h b/src/client/libdistren.h
--- a/src/client/libdistren.h
+++ b/src/client/libdistren.h
@@ -33,3 +33,25 @@ struct distren_job
 {
   char *jobid;
 };
+
+/*
+  functions
+*/
+
+/**
+   Avoid poluting the public namespace until we fix visibility.
+ */
+#define _malloc _distren_malloc
+/**
+   All of libdistren should use this rather than malloc.h's malloc.
+ */
+void *_malloc(distren_t distren, size_t size);
+
+/**
+   Avoid poluting the public namespace until we fix visibility.
+ */
+#define _free _distren_free
+/**
+   All of libdisren should use this instead of malloc.h's free()
+*/
+void _free(distren_t distren, void *tofree);
diff --git a/src/client/libdistren_unbias.c b/src/client/libdistren_unbias.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/libdistren_unbias.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2008 Nathan Phillip Brink, Ethan Zonca, Matt Orlando
+
+  This file is a part of DistRen.
+
+  DistRen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  DistRen is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+/*
+  Implementation of libdistren functions that exist to prevent this library from being biased toward certain methods of reporting errors/debug info or free()ing and malloc()ing
+ */
+
+#include <libdistren.h>
+
+void *_malloc(distren_t distren, size_t size)
+{
+  return (*distren->malloc)(size);
+}
+
+void _free(distren_t distren, void *tofree)
+{
+  (*distren->free)(tofree);
+}