diff --git a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/zenoh_utils.cpp b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/zenoh_utils.cpp
index 5770718b..4c557174 100644
--- a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/zenoh_utils.cpp
+++ b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/zenoh_utils.cpp
@@ -128,4 +128,80 @@ bool Payload::empty() const
   return std::holds_alternative<Empty>(bytes_);
 }
 
+///=============================================================================
+BufferPool::BufferPool()
+: buffers_(), mutex_()
+{
+  const char * env_value;
+  const char * error_str = rcutils_get_env("RMW_ZENOH_BUFFER_POOL_MAX_SIZE_BYTES", &env_value);
+  if (error_str != nullptr) {
+    RMW_ZENOH_LOG_WARN_NAMED(
+      "rmw_zenoh_cpp",
+      "Unable to read maximum buffer pool size, falling back to default.");
+    max_size_ = DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE;
+  } else if (strcmp(env_value, "") == 0) {
+    max_size_ = DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE;
+  } else {
+    max_size_ = std::atoll(env_value);
+  }
+  size_ = 0;
+}
+
+///=============================================================================
+BufferPool::~BufferPool()
+{
+  rcutils_allocator_t allocator = rcutils_get_default_allocator();
+
+  for (Buffer & buffer : buffers_) {
+    allocator.deallocate(buffer.data, allocator.state);
+  }
+}
+
+///=============================================================================
+BufferPool::Buffer BufferPool::allocate(size_t size)
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutex_);
+
+  rcutils_allocator_t allocator = rcutils_get_default_allocator();
+
+  if (buffers_.empty()) {
+    if (size_ + size > max_size_) {
+      return {};
+    } else {
+      size_ += size;
+    }
+    uint8_t * data = static_cast<uint8_t *>(allocator.allocate(size, allocator.state));
+    if (data == nullptr) {
+      return {};
+    } else {
+      return Buffer {data, size};
+    }
+  } else {
+    Buffer buffer = buffers_.back();
+    buffers_.pop_back();
+    if (buffer.size < size) {
+      size_t size_diff = size - buffer.size;
+      if (size_ + size_diff > max_size_) {
+        return {};
+      }
+      uint8_t * data = static_cast<uint8_t *>(allocator.reallocate(
+          buffer.data, size, allocator.state));
+      if (data == nullptr) {
+        return {};
+      }
+      size_ += size_diff;
+      buffer.data = data;
+      buffer.size = size;
+    }
+    return buffer;
+  }
+}
+
+///=============================================================================
+void BufferPool::deallocate(BufferPool::Buffer buffer)
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutex_);
+  buffers_.push_back(buffer);
+}
+
 }  // namespace rmw_zenoh_cpp