1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 6b59de3469..7a5329cb1e 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -1426,6 +1426,7 @@ Init_Object()
     rb_define_method(rb_cModule, "class_variables", rb_mod_class_variables, 0);
     rb_define_private_method(rb_cModule, "remove_class_variable", rb_mod_remove_cvar, 1);
 
+    rb_define_method(rb_cClass, "allocate", rb_obj_alloc, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cClass, "new", rb_class_new_instance, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cClass, "initialize", rb_class_initialize, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cClass, "superclass", rb_class_superclass, 0);