diff --git a/legacy/eina/configure.in b/legacy/eina/configure.in
index f9870ae29d..11286f3677 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/eina/configure.in
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ src/modules/Makefile
 src/modules/mp/Makefile
 src/modules/mp/chained_pool/Makefile
 src/modules/mp/ememoa_fixed/Makefile
+src/modules/mp/pass_through/Makefile
 src/tests/Makefile
 ])
 
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/Makefile.am b/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/Makefile.am
index 5cf54f2ca5..ff9863c222 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = chained_pool ememoa_fixed
+SUBDIRS = chained_pool ememoa_fixed pass_through
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
 Makefile.in
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/pass_through/.cvsignore b/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/pass_through/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d364c46c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/pass_through/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Makefile.in
+Makefile
+*.la
+*.lo
+*.gcno
+.libs
+.deps
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/pass_through/Makefile.am b/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/pass_through/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24badd48ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/pass_through/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
+Makefile.in
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+-I. \
+-I$(top_srcdir)/src/include \
+@COVERAGE_CFLAGS@ \
+@EMEMOA_CFLAGS@
+
+controllerdir = $(libdir)/eina/pass_through/
+controller_LTLIBRARIES = pass_through.la
+
+pass_through_la_SOURCES = \
+pass_through.c
+
+pass_through_la_LIBADD       = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeina.la @COVERAGE_LIBS@
+pass_through_la_LDFLAGS      = -no-undefined @lt_enable_auto_import@ -module -avoid-version
+pass_through_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeina.la
+
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/pass_through/pass_through.c b/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/pass_through/pass_through.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc5fd57119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/modules/mp/pass_through/pass_through.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * vim:ts=8:sw=3:sts=8:noexpandtab:cino=>5n-3f0^-2{2
+ */
+/* EINA - EFL data type library
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Cedric BAIL
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library;
+ * if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "eina_types.h"
+#include "eina_private.h"
+
+static void *
+eina_pass_through_malloc(__UNUSED__ void *data, unsigned int size)
+{
+   return malloc(size);
+}
+
+static void
+eina_pass_through_free(__UNUSED__ void *data, void *ptr)
+{
+   free(ptr);
+}
+
+static void*
+eina_pass_through_realloc(__UNUSED__ void *data, void *ptr, unsigned int size)
+{
+   return realloc(ptr, size);
+}
+
+static void*
+eina_pass_through_init(__UNUSED__ const char *context, __UNUSED__ const char *option, __UNUSED__ va_list args)
+{
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+eina_pass_through_shutdown(__UNUSED__ void *data)
+{
+}
+
+Eina_Mempool_Backend mp_backend = {
+  .init = &eina_pass_through_init,
+  .shutdown = &eina_pass_through_shutdown,
+  .realloc = &eina_pass_through_realloc,
+  .alloc = &eina_pass_through_malloc,
+  .free = &eina_pass_through_free,
+  .garbage_collect = NULL,
+  .statistics = NULL
+};
+
+