diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index f60eee6a97c..232a5e6fcb7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(MALLOC),memkind)
 	FINAL_CFLAGS+= -DUSE_MEMKIND
-	FINAL_LIBS+= -lmemkind -ldaxctl
+	FINAL_LIBS+= -lmemkind -ldaxctl -lpmem
 endif
 
 REDIS_CC=$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) $(FINAL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/sds.c b/src/sds.c
index 44b310fa55f..b4967fb8385 100644
--- a/src/sds.c
+++ b/src/sds.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static sds sdsnewlenPM(const void *init, size_t initlen) {
     if (init==SDS_NOINIT)
         init = NULL;
     else if (!init)
-        memset(sh, 0, hdrlen+initlen+1);
+        zmemset_pmem(sh, 0, hdrlen+initlen+1);
     if (sh == NULL) return NULL;
     s = (char*)sh+hdrlen;
     fp = ((unsigned char*)s)-1;
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static sds sdsnewlenPM(const void *init, size_t initlen) {
         }
     }
     if (initlen && init)
-        memcpy(s, init, initlen);
+        zmemcpy_pmem(s, init, initlen);
     s[initlen] = '\0';
     return s;
 }
diff --git a/src/zmalloc.c b/src/zmalloc.c
index e0c4b9a2390..fcdd9e65456 100644
--- a/src/zmalloc.c
+++ b/src/zmalloc.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ void zlibc_free(void *ptr) {
 #define dallocx(ptr,flags) je_dallocx(ptr,flags)
 #elif defined(USE_MEMKIND)
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <libpmem.h>
 #define malloc(size) memkind_malloc(MEMKIND_DEFAULT,size)
 #define calloc(count,size) memkind_calloc(MEMKIND_DEFAULT,count,size)
 #define realloc(ptr,size) memkind_realloc(NULL,ptr,size)
@@ -103,6 +104,20 @@ void *zmalloc_pmem(size_t size) {
     zmalloc_pmem_not_available();
     return NULL;
 }
+void *zmemcpy_pmem(void *dst, const void *src, size_t num) {
+    (void)(dst);
+    (void)(src);
+    (void)(num);
+    zmalloc_pmem_not_available();
+    return NULL;
+}
+void *zmemset_pmem(void *ptr, int value, size_t num) {
+    (void)(ptr);
+    (void)(value);
+    (void)(num);
+    zmalloc_pmem_not_available();
+    return NULL;
+}
 #endif
 
 #define update_zmalloc_stat_alloc(__n) do { \
@@ -176,6 +191,14 @@ void *zmalloc_pmem(size_t size) {
     return (char*)ptr+PREFIX_SIZE;
 #endif
 }
+
+void *zmemcpy_pmem(void *dst, const void *src, size_t num) {
+    return pmem_memcpy(dst, src, num, PMEM_F_MEM_NONTEMPORAL|PMEM_F_MEM_NODRAIN);
+}
+
+void *zmemset_pmem(void *ptr, int value, size_t num) {
+    return pmem_memset(ptr, value, num, PMEM_F_MEM_NONTEMPORAL|PMEM_F_MEM_NODRAIN);
+}
 #endif
 
 /* Allocation and free functions that bypass the thread cache
diff --git a/src/zmalloc.h b/src/zmalloc.h
index 70d32f5607d..d2ea3190fb0 100644
--- a/src/zmalloc.h
+++ b/src/zmalloc.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ size_t zmalloc_get_smap_bytes_by_field(char *field, long pid);
 size_t zmalloc_get_memory_size(void);
 void zlibc_free(void *ptr);
 void *zmalloc_pmem(size_t size);
+void *zmemcpy_pmem(void *dst, const void *src, size_t num);
+void *zmemset_pmem(void *ptr, int value, size_t num);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DEFRAG
 void zfree_no_tcache(void *ptr);