diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0aec0f..531abb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ import {
   crypto_sign_SEEDBYTES,
   crypto_sign_verify_detached,
   from_base64,
+  memzero,
   randombytes_buf,
   randombytes_uniform,
   to_base64,
diff --git a/example/src/components/TestResults.tsx b/example/src/components/TestResults.tsx
index 806ca22..4ff9dc2 100644
--- a/example/src/components/TestResults.tsx
+++ b/example/src/components/TestResults.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import '../tests/crypto_sign_keypair_test';
 import '../tests/crypto_sign_seed_keypair_test';
 import '../tests/crypto_sign_verify_detached_test';
 import '../tests/from_base64_test';
+import '../tests/memzero_test';
 import '../tests/randombytes_buf_test';
 import '../tests/randombytes_uniform_test';
 import '../tests/to_base64_test';
diff --git a/example/src/tests/memzero_test.ts b/example/src/tests/memzero_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b566816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/tests/memzero_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { memzero, to_hex } from 'react-native-libsodium';
+import { expect, test } from '../utils/testRunner';
+
+test('memzero', () => {
+  let buf = new Uint8Array([222, 173, 190, 239]);
+  memzero(buf);
+  expect(to_hex(buf)).toBe('00000000');
+
+  expect(() => memzero([0, 1, 2, 3] as unknown as Uint8Array)).toThrow();
+});
diff --git a/src/lib.native.ts b/src/lib.native.ts
index 134678d..ba1b714 100644
--- a/src/lib.native.ts
+++ b/src/lib.native.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,15 @@ export function to_hex(input: string | Uint8Array): string {
   return global.jsi_to_hex(inputParam);
 }
 
+export function memzero(bytes: Uint8Array): void {
+  if (!(bytes instanceof Uint8Array)) {
+    throw new TypeError('Only Uint8Array instances can be wiped');
+  }
+  for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
+    bytes[i] = 0;
+  }
+}
+
 export function randombytes_buf(
   length: number,
   outputFormat?: Uint8ArrayOutputFormat | null
@@ -889,6 +898,7 @@ export default {
   crypto_sign_keypair,
   crypto_sign_verify_detached,
   from_base64,
+  memzero,
   randombytes_buf,
   randombytes_uniform,
   ready,