diff --git a/src/fh_builtins_mem.c b/src/fh_builtins_mem.c
index 1bad0fb..7863472 100644
--- a/src/fh_builtins_mem.c
+++ b/src/fh_builtins_mem.c
@@ -96,6 +96,46 @@ static enum fh_error w_allot(struct fh_thread_s *fh, const struct fh_word_s *w)
   return FH_OK;
 }
 
+static enum fh_error rt_read_buffer_addr(struct fh_thread_s *fh, const struct fh_word_s *w)
+{
+  enum fh_error rv;
+  TRY(ds_push(fh, w->param));
+  return FH_OK;
+}
+
+static enum fh_error w_buffer_colon(struct fh_thread_s *fh, const struct fh_word_s *w)
+{
+  (void) w;
+  enum fh_error rv;
+  ENSURE_STATE(FH_STATE_INTERPRET);
+  
+  uint32_t count = 0;
+  TRY(ds_pop(fh, &count));
+  TRY(fh_heap_reserve(fh, count, NULL));
+
+  char *wordname = NULL;
+  size_t namelen = 0;
+  fh_input_consume_spaces(fh);
+  TRY(fh_input_read_word(fh, &wordname, &namelen));
+  LOG("Buffer name: %.*s", namelen, wordname);
+
+  uint32_t ptr;
+  TRY(fh_heap_reserve(fh, DICTWORD_SIZE + count, &ptr));
+
+  struct fh_word_s *new_word = fh_word_at(fh, ptr);
+  if (!new_word) return FH_ERR_INTERNAL;
+  new_word->previous = fh->dict_last;
+  new_word->param = ptr + DICTWORD_SIZE;
+  new_word->handler = rt_read_buffer_addr;
+  strncpy(new_word->name, wordname, namelen);
+  new_word->name[namelen] = 0;
+  new_word->flags = WORDFLAG_WORD;
+
+  fh->dict_last = ptr;
+
+  return FH_OK;
+}
+
 static enum fh_error w_move(struct fh_thread_s *fh, const struct fh_word_s *w)
 {
   (void) w;
@@ -218,6 +258,7 @@ const struct name_and_handler fh_builtins_mem[] = {
     {"2@",      w_two_fetch,  0, 0},
     {"aligned", w_aligned,    0, 0},
     {"allot",   w_allot,      0, 0},
+    {"buffer:", w_buffer_colon, 0, 0},
     {"align",   w_align,      0, 0},
     {",",       w_comma,      0, 0},
     {"c,",      w_c_comma,    0, 0},