diff --git a/engine/common/filesystem_engine.c b/engine/common/filesystem_engine.c
index 7a96be8c..19925792 100644
--- a/engine/common/filesystem_engine.c
+++ b/engine/common/filesystem_engine.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "library.h"
+#include "platform/platform.h"
 
 fs_api_t g_fsapi;
 fs_globals_t *FI;
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ static fs_interface_t fs_memfuncs =
 	_Mem_Alloc,
 	_Mem_Realloc,
 	_Mem_Free,
+
+	Platform_GetNativeObject,
 };
 
 static void FS_UnloadProgs( void )
diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem.c b/filesystem/filesystem.c
index d2fa1a04..21e0b43f 100644
--- a/filesystem/filesystem.c
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem.c
@@ -1277,33 +1277,34 @@ static qboolean FS_FindLibrary( const char *dllname, qboolean directpath, fs_dll
 	return true;
 }
 
-poolhandle_t _Mem_AllocPool( const char *name, const char *filename, int fileline )
+static poolhandle_t _Mem_AllocPool( const char *name, const char *filename, int fileline )
 {
 	return (poolhandle_t)0xDEADC0DE;
 }
 
-void  _Mem_FreePool( poolhandle_t *poolptr, const char *filename, int fileline )
+static void _Mem_FreePool( poolhandle_t *poolptr, const char *filename, int fileline )
 {
 	// stub
 }
 
-void* _Mem_Alloc( poolhandle_t poolptr, size_t size, qboolean clear, const char *filename, int fileline )
+static void *_Mem_Alloc( poolhandle_t poolptr, size_t size, qboolean clear, const char *filename, int fileline )
 {
-	if( clear ) return calloc( 1, size );
-	return malloc( size );
+	void *ptr = malloc( size );
+	if( clear ) memset( ptr, 0, size );
+	return ptr;
 }
 
-void* _Mem_Realloc( poolhandle_t poolptr, void *memptr, size_t size, qboolean clear, const char *filename, int fileline )
+static void *_Mem_Realloc( poolhandle_t poolptr, void *memptr, size_t size, qboolean clear, const char *filename, int fileline )
 {
 	return realloc( memptr, size );
 }
 
-void  _Mem_Free( void *data, const char *filename, int fileline )
+static void _Mem_Free( void *data, const char *filename, int fileline )
 {
 	free( data );
 }
 
-void _Con_Printf( const char *fmt, ... )
+static void _Con_Printf( const char *fmt, ... )
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
@@ -1312,7 +1313,7 @@ void _Con_Printf( const char *fmt, ... )
 	va_end( ap );
 }
 
-void _Sys_Error( const char *fmt, ... )
+static void _Sys_Error( const char *fmt, ... )
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
@@ -1323,6 +1324,10 @@ void _Sys_Error( const char *fmt, ... )
 	exit( 1 );
 }
 
+static void *_Platform_GetNativeObject_stub( const char *object )
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 
 /*
 ================
@@ -2738,7 +2743,8 @@ fs_interface_t g_engfuncs =
 	_Mem_FreePool,
 	_Mem_Alloc,
 	_Mem_Realloc,
-	_Mem_Free
+	_Mem_Free,
+	_Platform_GetNativeObject_stub
 };
 
 static qboolean FS_InitInterface( int version, fs_interface_t *engfuncs )
@@ -2780,6 +2786,12 @@ static qboolean FS_InitInterface( int version, fs_interface_t *engfuncs )
 		Con_Reportf( "filesystem_stdio: custom memory allocation functions found\n" );
 	}
 
+	if( engfuncs->_Platform_GetNativeObject )
+	{
+		g_engfuncs._Platform_GetNativeObject = engfuncs->_Platform_GetNativeObject;
+		Con_Reportf( "filesystem_stdio: custom platform-specific functions found\n" );
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem.h b/filesystem/filesystem.h
index 0b46f9af..81073ea8 100644
--- a/filesystem/filesystem.h
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem.h
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ typedef struct fs_interface_t
 	void *(*_Mem_Alloc)( poolhandle_t poolptr, size_t size, qboolean clear, const char *filename, int fileline );
 	void *(*_Mem_Realloc)( poolhandle_t poolptr, void *memptr, size_t size, qboolean clear, const char *filename, int fileline );
 	void  (*_Mem_Free)( void *data, const char *filename, int fileline );
+
+	// platform
+	void *(*_Platform_GetNativeObject)( const char *object );
 } fs_interface_t;
 
 typedef int (*FSAPI)( int version, fs_api_t *api, fs_globals_t **globals, fs_interface_t *interface );
diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem_internal.h b/filesystem/filesystem_internal.h
index 5abd6c34..8dd0bd78 100644
--- a/filesystem/filesystem_internal.h
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem_internal.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ extern fs_api_t      g_api;
 #define Con_DPrintf (*g_engfuncs._Con_DPrintf)
 #define Con_Reportf (*g_engfuncs._Con_Reportf)
 #define Sys_Error   (*g_engfuncs._Sys_Error)
+#define Platform_GetNativeObject (*g_engfuncs.Platform_GetNativeObject)
 
 //
 // filesystem.c