diff --git a/core/mem/mem.odin b/core/mem/mem.odin
index 55b9afe2e..80055b4b4 100644
--- a/core/mem/mem.odin
+++ b/core/mem/mem.odin
@@ -279,3 +279,11 @@ calc_padding_with_header :: proc(ptr: uintptr, align: uintptr, header_size: int)
 
 	return int(padding);
 }
+
+
+
+clone_slice :: proc(slice: $T/[]$E, allocator := context.allocator, loc := #caller_location) -> T {
+	new_slice := make(T, len(slice), allocator, loc);
+	copy(new_slice, slice);
+	return new_slice;
+}