diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index e2b0e45..e973a3e 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) !void {
         b.option(bool, "allocation_info", "Enable use of debugging allocator and info logging.") orelse false,
     );
 
+    const max_bytes_str = b.option([]const u8, "max_bytes_allocated", "Maximum amount of bytes to allocate before we exit. Zero for unlimited allocations. Only takes effect when allocation_info=true") orelse "0";
+    exe.addBuildOption(
+        usize,
+        "max_bytes_allocated",
+        try std.fmt.parseInt(usize, max_bytes_str, 10),
+    );
+
     exe.addPackage(.{ .name = "known-folders", .path = "src/known-folders/known-folders.zig" });
 
     exe.setTarget(target);
diff --git a/src/debug_allocator.zig b/src/debug_allocator.zig
index 29f2591..eac1fe5 100644
--- a/src/debug_allocator.zig
+++ b/src/debug_allocator.zig
@@ -35,9 +35,15 @@ pub const AllocationInfo = struct {
     deallocation_count: usize = 0,
     deallocation_total: usize = 0,
 
+    peak_allocated: usize = 0,
+
     reallocation_stats: Stats = Stats{},
     shrink_stats: Stats = Stats{},
 
+    fn currentlyAllocated(self: AllocationInfo) usize {
+        return self.allocation_stats.total + self.reallocation_stats.total - self.deallocation_total - self.shrink_stats.total;
+    }
+
     pub fn format(
         self: AllocationInfo,
         comptime fmt: []const u8,
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ pub const AllocationInfo = struct {
             out_stream,
             \\------------------------------------------ Allocation info ------------------------------------------
             \\{} total allocations (total: {d:.2} MB, mean: {d:.2} MB, std. dev: {d:.2} MB), {} deallocations
-            \\{} current allocations ({d:.2} MB)
+            \\{} current allocations ({d:.2} MB), peak mem usage: {d:.2} MB
             \\{} reallocations (total: {d:.2} MB, mean: {d:.2} MB, std. dev: {d:.2} MB)
             \\{} shrinks (total: {d:.2} MB, mean: {d:.2} MB, std. dev: {d:.2} MB)
             \\-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -63,7 +69,8 @@ pub const AllocationInfo = struct {
                 toMB(self.allocation_stats.stdDev()),
                 self.deallocation_count,
                 self.allocation_stats.count - self.deallocation_count,
-                toMB(self.allocation_stats.total + self.reallocation_stats.total - self.deallocation_total - self.shrink_stats.total),
+                toMB(self.currentlyAllocated()),
+                toMB(self.peak_allocated),
                 self.reallocation_stats.count,
                 toMB(self.reallocation_stats.total),
                 toMB(self.reallocation_stats.mean),
@@ -79,14 +86,16 @@ pub const AllocationInfo = struct {
 
 base_allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
 info: AllocationInfo,
+max_bytes: usize,
 
 // Interface implementation
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 
-pub fn init(base_allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) DebugAllocator {
+pub fn init(base_allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, max_bytes: usize) DebugAllocator {
     return .{
         .base_allocator = base_allocator,
         .info = .{},
+        .max_bytes = max_bytes,
         .allocator = .{
             .reallocFn = realloc,
             .shrinkFn = shrink,
@@ -104,6 +113,16 @@ fn realloc(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, old_mem: []u8, old_align: u29, new_siz
     } else if (new_size < old_mem.len) {
         self.info.shrink_stats.addSample(old_mem.len - new_size);
     }
+
+    const curr_allocs = self.info.currentlyAllocated();
+    if (self.max_bytes != 0 and curr_allocs >= self.max_bytes) {
+        std.debug.warn("Exceeded maximum bytes {}, exiting.\n", .{self.max_bytes});
+        std.process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (curr_allocs > self.info.peak_allocated) {
+        self.info.peak_allocated = curr_allocs;
+    }
     return data;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index e993f38..3732310 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
     if (build_options.allocation_info) {
         // TODO: Use a better debugging allocator, track size in bytes, memory reserved etc..
         // Initialize the leak counting allocator.
-        debug_alloc_state = DebugAllocator.init(allocator);
+        debug_alloc_state = DebugAllocator.init(allocator, build_options.max_bytes_allocated);
         allocator = &debug_alloc_state.allocator;
     }