diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index cca6744..d5e5f6d 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ libobjc2).  This runtime was designed to support the features of Objective-C 2
 for use with GNUstep and other Objective-C programs.  Highlights of this
 release include:
 
+- Support for Apple-compatible garbage collection APIs, along with extensions
+  to support CoreFoundation-style explicit reference counting in a garbage
+  collected environment.  This uses the Boehm garbage collector.
+- This is the first release to provide a superset of the functionality provided
+  by the Mac Objective-C runtime, as shipped with OS X 10.6.
+- The LLVM optimisation passes have been improved and better tested.  Code
+  compiled with them now passes the EtoileFoundation test suite.
+
 You may obtain the code for this release from subversion at the following
 subversion branch:
 
diff --git a/associate.m b/associate.m
index c54df21..423d58f 100644
--- a/associate.m
+++ b/associate.m
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "dtable.h"
 #include "selector.h"
 #include "lock.h"
+#include "gc_ops.h"
 
 /**
  * A single associative reference.  Contains the key, value, and association
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ static void freeReferenceList(struct reference_list *l)
 {
 	if (NULL == l) { return; }
 	freeReferenceList(l->next);
-	free(l);
+	gc->free(l);
 }
 
 static void setReference(struct reference_list *list,
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ static void setReference(struct reference_list *list,
 
 			while (NULL != l->next) { l = l->next; }
 
-			l->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct reference_list));
+			l->next = gc->malloc(sizeof(struct reference_list));
 			r = &l->next->list[0];
 		}
 		r->key = key;
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ static struct reference_list* referenceListForObject(id object, BOOL create)
 			lock_spinlock(lock);
 			if (NULL == cls->extra_data)
 			{
-				cls->extra_data = calloc(1, sizeof(struct reference_list));
+				cls->extra_data = gc->malloc(sizeof(struct reference_list));
 				INIT_LOCK(cls->extra_data->lock);
 			}
 			unlock_spinlock(lock);
diff --git a/blocks_runtime.m b/blocks_runtime.m
index aa7baa1..837c7ad 100644
--- a/blocks_runtime.m
+++ b/blocks_runtime.m
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  */
 #import "objc/blocks_runtime.h"
 #import "objc/runtime.h"
+#include "gc_ops.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ void _Block_object_assign(void *destAddr, const void *object, const int flags)
 			
 			if ((src->flags & BLOCK_REFCOUNT_MASK) == 0)
 			{
-				*dst = malloc(src->size);
+				*dst = gc->malloc(src->size);
 				fprintf(stderr, "Copying %d bytes to %p\n", src->size, *dst);
 				memcpy(*dst, src, src->size);
 				(*dst)->isa = _HeapBlockByRef;
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ void _Block_object_assign(void *destAddr, const void *object, const int flags)
 					{
 						src->byref_dispose(*dst);
 					}
-					free(*dst);
+					gc->free(*dst);
 					*dst = src->forwarding;
 				}
 			}
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ void _Block_object_dispose(const void *object, const int flags)
 					{
 						src->byref_dispose(src);
 					}
-					free(src);
+					gc->free(src);
 				}
 			}
 			else
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ void *_Block_copy(void *src)
 		fprintf(stderr, "block flags: %d\n", self->flags);
 		if(self->reserved == 0)
 		{
-			ret = malloc(self->descriptor->size);
+			ret = gc->malloc(self->descriptor->size);
 			memcpy(ret, self, self->descriptor->size);
 			if(self->flags & BLOCK_HAS_COPY_DISPOSE)
 			{
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ void _Block_release(void *src)
 		{
 			if(self->flags & BLOCK_HAS_COPY_DISPOSE)
 				self->descriptor->dispose_helper(self);
-			free(self);
+			gc->free(self);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/gc_boehm.c b/gc_boehm.c
index 4368bac..bd7444a 100644
--- a/gc_boehm.c
+++ b/gc_boehm.c
@@ -370,7 +370,9 @@ void objc_finalizeOnMainThread(Class cls) {}
 PRIVATE struct gc_ops gc_ops_boehm = 
 {
 	.allocate_class = allocate_class,
-	.init = init
+	.malloc         = GC_malloc_uncollectable,
+	.free           = GC_free,
+	.init           = init
 };
 
 PRIVATE void enableGC(BOOL exclude)
diff --git a/gc_none.c b/gc_none.c
index 32982f8..784b64e 100644
--- a/gc_none.c
+++ b/gc_none.c
@@ -9,9 +9,16 @@ static id allocate_class(Class cls, size_t extraBytes)
 	return calloc(cls->instance_size + extraBytes, 1);
 }
 
+static void *alloc(size_t size)
+{
+	return calloc(size, 1);
+}
+
 PRIVATE struct gc_ops gc_ops_none = 
 {
-	.allocate_class = allocate_class
+	.allocate_class = allocate_class,
+	.malloc         = alloc,
+	.free           = free
 };
 PRIVATE struct gc_ops *gc = &gc_ops_none;
 
diff --git a/gc_ops.h b/gc_ops.h
index ffc3fbf..31babac 100644
--- a/gc_ops.h
+++ b/gc_ops.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /**
  * Garbage collection operations.
  */
@@ -11,6 +12,17 @@ struct gc_ops
 	 * Allocates enough space for a class, followed by some extra bytes.
 	 */
 	id (*allocate_class)(Class, size_t);
+	/**
+	 * Allocates some memory that can be used to store pointers.  This must be
+	 * used instead of malloc() for internal data structures that will store
+	 * pointers passed in from outside.  The function is expected to zero the
+	 * memory that it returns.
+	 */
+	void* (*malloc)(size_t);
+	/**
+	 * Frees some memory that was previously used to store pointers.
+	 */
+	void (*free)(void*);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -19,7 +31,7 @@ struct gc_ops
  * If the exclusive flag is set, then this will ensure that all -retain /
  * -release / -autorelease messages become no-ops.
  */
-PRIVATE void enableGC(BOOL exclusive);
+void enableGC(BOOL exclusive);
 /**
  * The mode for garbage collection
  */