diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_alloc.cc b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_alloc.cc
index c85b9aed40b..4060c9edf2e 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_alloc.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_alloc.cc
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ namespace __gnu_cxx
 
 namespace
 {
+#define NO_EH_ALLOC_POOL
+#ifdef NO_EH_ALLOC_POOL
+  struct pool
+  {
+    static constexpr void* const arena = nullptr;
+
+    static void *allocate (std::size_t) { return nullptr; }
+    static void free (void *) { }
+    static bool in_pool (void *) { return false; }
+  };
+#else
   // A fixed-size heap, variable size object allocator
   class pool
     {
@@ -258,6 +269,7 @@ namespace
       return (p > arena
 	      && p < arena + arena_size);
     }
+#endif
 
   pool emergency_pool;
 }
@@ -267,11 +279,13 @@ namespace __gnu_cxx
   void
   __freeres()
   {
+#ifndef NO_EH_ALLOC_POOL
     if (emergency_pool.arena)
       {
 	::free(emergency_pool.arena);
 	emergency_pool.arena = 0;
       }
+#endif
   }
 }