diff --git a/programs/.gitignore b/programs/.gitignore
index 27055b8298..ddfa1a4266 100644
--- a/programs/.gitignore
+++ b/programs/.gitignore
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ test/ecp-bench
 test/selftest
 test/ssl_cert_test
 test/udp_proxy
+test/zeroize
 util/pem2der
 util/strerror
 x509/cert_app
diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 25f184f8c3..4e659d4859 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ APPS =	aes/aescrypt2$(EXEXT)		aes/crypt_and_hash$(EXEXT)	\
 	random/gen_random_ctr_drbg$(EXEXT)				\
 	test/ssl_cert_test$(EXEXT)	test/benchmark$(EXEXT)		\
 	test/selftest$(EXEXT)		test/udp_proxy$(EXEXT)		\
+	test/zeroize$(EXEXT)							\
 	util/pem2der$(EXEXT)		util/strerror$(EXEXT)		\
 	x509/cert_app$(EXEXT)		x509/crl_app$(EXEXT)		\
 	x509/cert_req$(EXEXT)		x509/cert_write$(EXEXT)		\
@@ -249,6 +250,10 @@ test/udp_proxy$(EXEXT): test/udp_proxy.c $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    test/udp_proxy.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) test/udp_proxy.c    $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
+test/zeroize$(EXEXT): test/zeroize.c $(DEP)
+	echo "  CC    test/zeroize.c"
+	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) test/zeroize.c    $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
+
 util/pem2der$(EXEXT): util/pem2der.c $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    util/pem2der.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) util/pem2der.c    $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
diff --git a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ed7145466..1e87fca313 100644
--- a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ target_link_libraries(ssl_cert_test ${libs})
 add_executable(udp_proxy udp_proxy.c)
 target_link_libraries(udp_proxy ${libs})
 
-install(TARGETS selftest benchmark ssl_cert_test udp_proxy
+add_executable(zeroize zeroize.c)
+target_link_libraries(zeroize ${libs})
+
+install(TARGETS selftest benchmark ssl_cert_test udp_proxy zeroize
         DESTINATION "bin"
         PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
diff --git a/programs/test/zeroize.c b/programs/test/zeroize.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f3e8b4013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/test/zeroize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ *  Zeroize demonstration program
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2017, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
+ */
+
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE)
+#include "mbedtls/config.h"
+#else
+#include MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C)
+#include "mbedtls/platform.h"
+#else
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#define mbedtls_printf     printf
+#define MBEDTLS_EXIT_SUCCESS EXIT_SUCCESS
+#define MBEDTLS_EXIT_FAILURE EXIT_FAILURE
+#endif
+
+#include "mbedtls/utils.h"
+
+#define BUFFER_LEN 1024
+
+void usage( void )
+{
+    mbedtls_printf( "Zeroize is a simple program to assist with testing\n" );
+    mbedtls_printf( "the mbedtls_zeroize() function by using the\n" );
+    mbedtls_printf( "debugger. This program takes a file as input and\n" );
+    mbedtls_printf( "prints the first %d characters. Usage:\n\n", BUFFER_LEN );
+    mbedtls_printf( "       zeroize <FILE>\n" );
+}
+
+int main( int argc, char** argv )
+{
+    int exit_code = MBEDTLS_EXIT_FAILURE;
+    FILE * fp;
+    char buf[BUFFER_LEN];
+    char *p = buf;
+    char *end = p + BUFFER_LEN;
+    char c;
+
+    if( argc != 2 )
+    {
+        mbedtls_printf( "This program takes exactly 1 agument\n" );
+        usage();
+        return( exit_code );
+    }
+
+    fp = fopen( argv[1], "r" );
+    if( fp == NULL )
+    {
+        mbedtls_printf( "Could not open file '%s'\n", argv[1] );
+        return( exit_code );
+    }
+
+    while( ( c = fgetc( fp ) ) != EOF && p < end - 1 )
+        *p++ = c;
+    *p = '\0';
+
+    if( p - buf != 0 )
+    {
+        mbedtls_printf( "%s\n", buf );
+        mbedtls_zeroize( buf, sizeof( buf ) );
+        exit_code = MBEDTLS_EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    }
+    else
+        mbedtls_printf( "The file is empty!\n" );
+
+    fclose( fp );
+
+    return( exit_code );
+}