diff --git a/crnlib/allocator.h b/crnlib/allocator.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29eaadaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crnlib/allocator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "crn_mem.h"
+
+namespace crnlib
+{
+    template <class T>
+    class allocator
+    {
+    public:
+        using value_type = T;
+        template <class U> allocator(allocator<U> const&) noexcept {}
+        allocator() noexcept {};
+
+        value_type* allocate(std::size_t n)
+        {
+            return static_cast<T*>(crnlib_malloc(n * sizeof(T)));
+        }
+        
+        void deallocate(value_type* p, std::size_t) noexcept 
+        {
+            crnlib_free(p);
+        }
+    };
+
+    template <class T, class U>
+    bool operator==(allocator<T> const&, allocator<U> const&) noexcept
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    template <class T, class U>
+    bool operator!=(allocator<T> const& x, allocator<U> const& y) noexcept
+    {
+        return !(x == y);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crnlib/crn_dxt_hc.cpp b/crnlib/crn_dxt_hc.cpp
index a099be88..825f0c0b 100644
--- a/crnlib/crn_dxt_hc.cpp
+++ b/crnlib/crn_dxt_hc.cpp
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ void dxt_hc::determine_color_endpoints() {
     m_pTask_pool->queue_task(&Node::sort_task, i, &nodes[i]);
   m_pTask_pool->join();
 
-  std::priority_queue<Node> queue;
+  std::priority_queue<Node, std::vector<Node, allocator<Node>>> queue;
   for (uint i = 0; i < nodes.size(); i++)
     queue.push(nodes[i]);
 
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ void dxt_hc::create_color_selector_codebook() {
     m_pTask_pool->queue_task(&SelectorNode::sort_task, i, &nodes[i]);
   m_pTask_pool->join();
 
-  std::priority_queue<SelectorNode> queue;
+  std::priority_queue<SelectorNode, std::vector<SelectorNode, allocator<SelectorNode>>> queue;
   for (uint i = 0; i < nodes.size(); i++)
     queue.push(nodes[i]);
 
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ void dxt_hc::create_alpha_selector_codebook() {
     m_pTask_pool->queue_task(&SelectorNode::sort_task, i, &nodes[i]);
   m_pTask_pool->join();
 
-  std::priority_queue<SelectorNode> queue;
+  std::priority_queue<SelectorNode, std::vector<SelectorNode, allocator<SelectorNode>>> queue;
   for (uint i = 0; i < nodes.size(); i++)
     queue.push(nodes[i]);
 
diff --git a/crnlib/crn_tree_clusterizer.h b/crnlib/crn_tree_clusterizer.h
index d6785c3b..1c0a342e 100644
--- a/crnlib/crn_tree_clusterizer.h
+++ b/crnlib/crn_tree_clusterizer.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "crn_matrix.h"
 #include "crn_threading.h"
 #include <queue>
+#include "allocator.h"
 
 namespace crnlib {
 template <typename VectorType>
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class tree_clusterizer {
 
   void split_alternative_node_task(uint64, void* pData_ptr) {
     split_alternative_node_task_params* pParams = (split_alternative_node_task_params*)pData_ptr;
-    std::priority_queue<NodeInfo> node_queue;
+    std::priority_queue<NodeInfo, std::vector<NodeInfo, allocator<NodeInfo>>> node_queue;
     uint begin_node = pParams->alternative_node, end_node = begin_node, splits = 0;
 
     m_nodes[end_node] = m_nodes[pParams->main_node];
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class tree_clusterizer {
     root.m_variance = (float)(ttsum - (root.m_centroid.dot(root.m_centroid) / root.m_total_weight));
     root.m_centroid *= (1.0f / root.m_total_weight);
 
-    std::priority_queue<NodeInfo> node_queue;
+    std::priority_queue<NodeInfo, std::vector<NodeInfo, allocator<NodeInfo>>> node_queue;
     uint begin_node = 0, end_node = begin_node, splits = 0;
     m_nodes[end_node] = root;
     node_queue.push(NodeInfo(end_node, root.m_variance));
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ class tree_clusterizer {
       while (splits < max_splits && node_queue.size() != num_tasks && split_node(node_queue, end_node, pTask_pool))
         splits++;
       if (node_queue.size() == num_tasks) {
-        std::priority_queue<NodeInfo> alternative_node_queue = node_queue;
+        std::priority_queue<NodeInfo, std::vector<NodeInfo, allocator<NodeInfo>>> alternative_node_queue = node_queue;
         uint alternative_node = max_splits << 1, alternative_max_splits = max_splits / num_tasks;
         crnlib::vector<split_alternative_node_task_params> params(num_tasks);
         for (uint task = 0; !alternative_node_queue.empty(); alternative_node_queue.pop(), alternative_node += alternative_max_splits << 1, task++) {
@@ -193,7 +194,8 @@ class tree_clusterizer {
     }
   }
 
-  bool split_node(std::priority_queue<NodeInfo>& node_queue, uint& end_node, task_pool* pTask_pool = 0) {
+  bool split_node(std::priority_queue<NodeInfo, std::vector<NodeInfo, allocator<NodeInfo>>>& node_queue,
+      uint& end_node, task_pool* pTask_pool = 0) {
     if (node_queue.empty())
       return false;
 
diff --git a/crnlib/crnlib.2010.vcxproj b/crnlib/crnlib.2010.vcxproj
index ec5d528f..59021301 100644
--- a/crnlib/crnlib.2010.vcxproj
+++ b/crnlib/crnlib.2010.vcxproj
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="crn_dxt_image.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="crn_ktx_texture.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="crn_mipmapped_texture.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="allocator.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">