diff --git a/src/kernel/memory/string.c b/src/kernel/memory/string.c
index 7625e46..be9faf9 100644
--- a/src/kernel/memory/string.c
+++ b/src/kernel/memory/string.c
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+// NOTE: Functions in this file have different names during testing, since they
+// are otherwise overridden by standard library functions
+
+#ifdef TTEST
+void *my_memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
+#else
 void *memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
+#endif
 {
   char *dp = dst;
   const char *sp = src;
@@ -10,21 +17,35 @@ void *memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
   return dst;
 }
 
+#ifdef TTEST
+void *my_memset(void *s, int c, size_t n)
+#else
 void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n)
+#endif
 {
   unsigned char *p = s;
   while(n--) *p++ = (unsigned char)c;
   return s;
 }
 
+#ifdef TTEST
+void *my_memmove(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
+#else
 void *memmove(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
+#endif
 {
-  // Since our memcpy implementation copies one char* at a time, this is safe
+  // We'll need some form of malloc to implement a good memmove.
+  // For now, we'll just use defer to memcpy - WHICH IS UNSAFE!
+  // TODO: Write a good implementation of memmove
   memcpy(dest, src, n);
   return dest;
 }
 
+#ifdef TTEST
+int my_memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n)
+#else
 int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n)
+#endif
 {
   const unsigned char *p1 = s1, *p2 = s2;
   for(; n--; p1++, p2++)
@@ -35,7 +56,11 @@ int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n)
   return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef TTEST
+size_t my_strlen(const char *s)
+#else
 size_t strlen(const char *s)
+#endif
 {
   size_t len = 0;
   while(*s++) len++;
diff --git a/src/kernel/memory/string.tt b/src/kernel/memory/string.tt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..217cc9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/memory/string.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// vim: ft=c
+#include <ttest.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "string.c"
+
+char *lipsum = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus interdum eros at enim tempus sed.";
+
+char dst[100];
+
+BEFORE()
+{
+for(int i = 0; i < 100; dst[i++] = '\0');
+}
+
+TEST(memcpy_copies_data)
+{
+  my_memcpy(dst, lipsum, 100);
+  ASSERT_EQ_STR(dst, lipsum, 100);
+}
+TEST(memcpy_doesnt_copy_too_much)
+{
+  my_memcpy(dst, lipsum, 10);
+  ASSERT_EQ_CHR(dst[10], 0);
+}
+
+TEST(memset_sets_data)
+{
+  memset(dst, 0, 10);
+  my_memset(dst, 'a', 5);
+  ASSERT_EQ_STR(dst, "aaaaa", 100);
+}
+
+// Those test won't pass right now since our memmove implementation is
+// incomplete (see string.c)
+
+/*TEST(memmove_moves_data)
+{
+  memcpy(&dst[10], "12345", 5);
+  my_memmove(dst, &dst[10], 5);
+  ASSERT_EQ_STR(dst, "12345", 5);
+}*/
+/*TEST(memmove_handles_overlap)
+{
+  memcpy(&dst[5], "1234567890", 10);
+  my_memmove(dst, &dst[5], 10);
+  ASSERT_EQ_STR(dst, "1234567890", 10);
+}*/
+/*TEST(memmove_handles_overlap_the_other_way)
+{
+  memcpy(dst, "1234567890", 10);
+  my_memmove(&dst[5], dst, 10);
+  ASSERT_EQ_STR(&dst[5], "1234567890", 10);
+}*/
+
+TEST(memcmp_returns_zero_for_equal_strings)
+{
+  ASSERT_EQ_INT(my_memcmp("1234", "1234", 4), 0);
+}
+TEST(memcmp_returns_difference_for_unequal_strings)
+{
+  ASSERT_EQ_INT(my_memcmp("1234", "0234", 4), 1);
+}
+TEST(memcmp_returns_signed_difference_for_unequal_strings)
+{
+  ASSERT_EQ_INT(my_memcmp("1234", "1236", 4), -2);
+}
+
+TEST(strlen_counts_correctly)
+{
+  ASSERT_EQ_INT(my_strlen("12345"), 5);
+}
+