diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index 5c7e88337..8ac28d243 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,15 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::argumentSizeError(const Token *tok, const std::string &
     reportError(tok, Severity::warning, "argumentSize", "The array '" + varname + "' is too small, the function '" + functionName + "' expects a bigger one.");
 }
 
+void CheckBufferOverrun::negativeMemoryAllocationSizeError(const Token *tok)
+{
+    reportError(tok, Severity::error, "negativeMemoryAllocationSize",
+                "Memory allocation size have to be greater or equal to 0.\n"
+                "Memory allocation size have to be greater or equal to 0."
+                "The allocation size of memory have to be greater or equal to 0 because"
+                "negative size have no speficied behaviour.");
+}
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1503,6 +1512,9 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::checkGlobalAndLocalVariable()
                 type = tok->strAt(4);
                 var = tok->next()->variable();
                 nextTok = 8;
+                if (size < 0) {
+                    negativeMemoryAllocationSizeError(tok->next()->next());
+                }
             } else if (Token::Match(tok, "[*;{}] %var% = new %type% ( %num% )")) {
                 size = 1;
                 type = tok->strAt(4);
@@ -1521,6 +1533,10 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::checkGlobalAndLocalVariable()
                 var = tok->next()->variable();
                 nextTok = 7;
 
+                if (size < 0) {
+                    negativeMemoryAllocationSizeError(tok->next()->next());
+                }
+
                 /** @todo false negatives: this may be too conservative */
                 if (!var || var->typeEndToken()->str() != "*" || var->typeStartToken()->next() != var->typeEndToken())
                     continue;
@@ -1531,9 +1547,13 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::checkGlobalAndLocalVariable()
                 // malloc() gets count of bytes and not count of
                 // elements, so we should calculate count of elements
                 // manually
-                unsigned int sizeOfType = _tokenizer->sizeOfType(var->typeStartToken());
-                if (sizeOfType > 0)
+                const unsigned int sizeOfType = _tokenizer->sizeOfType(var->typeStartToken());
+                if (sizeOfType > 0) {
                     size /= static_cast<int>(sizeOfType);
+                }
+                if (size < 0) {
+                    negativeMemoryAllocationSizeError(tok->next()->next());
+                }
             } else {
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h
index ccb1349e3..4d630d1a5 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.h
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ private:
     void bufferOverrunError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varnames = "");
     void bufferOverrunError(const std::list<const Token *> &callstack, const std::string &varnames = "");
     void strncatUsageError(const Token *tok);
+    void negativeMemoryAllocationSizeError(const Token *tok); // provide a negative value to memory allocation function
     void outOfBoundsError(const Token *tok, const std::string &what, const bool show_size_info, const MathLib::bigint &supplied_size, const MathLib::bigint &actual_size);
     void sizeArgumentAsCharError(const Token *tok);
     void terminateStrncpyError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname);
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ public:
         c.possibleReadlinkBufferOverrunError(0, "readlink", "buffer");
         c.argumentSizeError(0, "function", "array");
         c.writeOutsideBufferSizeError(0,2,3,"write");
+        c.negativeMemoryAllocationSizeError(0);
     }
 private:
 
diff --git a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
index b60247f3c..b60903ddc 100644
--- a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(readlinkat);
 
         TEST_CASE(writeOutsideBufferSize)
+
+        TEST_CASE(negativeMemoryAllocationSizeError) // #389
     }
 
 
@@ -4111,6 +4113,40 @@ private:
               "}");
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Writing 1 bytes outside buffer size.\n", "", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void negativeMemoryAllocationSizeError() { // #389
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "   int *a;\n"
+              "   a = new int[-1];\n"
+              "   delete [] a;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Memory allocation size have to be greater or equal to 0.\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "   int *a;\n"
+              "   a = malloc( -10 );\n"
+              "   free(a);\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Memory allocation size have to be greater or equal to 0.\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "   int *a;\n"
+              "   a = malloc( -10);\n"
+              "   free(a);\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Memory allocation size have to be greater or equal to 0.\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "   int *a;\n"
+              "   a = alloca( -10 );\n"
+              "   free(a);\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Memory allocation size have to be greater or equal to 0.\n", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestBufferOverrun)