diff --git a/hiredis.c b/hiredis.c
index be67658..34198fc 100644
--- a/hiredis.c
+++ b/hiredis.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,10 @@ int redisFormatCommandArgv(char **target, int argc, const char **argv, const siz
     return totlen;
 }
 
+void redisFreeCommand(char *cmd) {
+    free(cmd);
+}
+
 void __redisSetError(redisContext *c, int type, const char *str) {
     size_t len;
 
diff --git a/hiredis.h b/hiredis.h
index 8e8aa03..c9f4a00 100644
--- a/hiredis.h
+++ b/hiredis.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ int redisvFormatCommand(char **target, const char *format, va_list ap);
 int redisFormatCommand(char **target, const char *format, ...);
 int redisFormatCommandArgv(char **target, int argc, const char **argv, const size_t *argvlen);
 int redisFormatSdsCommandArgv(sds *target, int argc, const char ** argv, const size_t *argvlen);
+void redisFreeCommand(char *cmd);
 
 /* Context for a connection to Redis */
 typedef struct redisContext {