diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index a6496ffe6..8ae42e8a6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   ui_interface.h \
   undo.h \
   util.h \
+  utilmemory.h \
   utilmoneystr.h \
   utiltime.h \
   utilstring.h \
diff --git a/src/utilmemory.h b/src/utilmemory.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15ecf8f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilmemory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_MEMORY_H
+#define BITCOIN_UTIL_MEMORY_H
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <utility>
+
+//! Substitute for C++14 std::make_unique.
+template <typename T, typename... Args>
+std::unique_ptr<T> MakeUnique(Args&&... args)
+{
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>(new T(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
+}
+
+#endif