diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9594664744138d82b3369eb1ccc5246b956e862c..74bc5dc7d2599153fbf3de05bc1cd5f5d1934b8f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ temp*
 setuptools.pth
 distribute-*.tar.gz
 core
+*.sess
diff --git a/doc/source/tools.rst b/doc/source/tools.rst
index feb65a7d93f99b4f0b4691d7e6ab67d27afb0517..197e82891c5e8989daf564b536b517148b4a8e07 100644
--- a/doc/source/tools.rst
+++ b/doc/source/tools.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ the available memory.
 
         Return a :class:`PooledBuffer` of the given *size*.
 
+    .. method:: __call__(size)
+
+        Synoynm for :meth:`allocate` to match :class:`CLAllocator` interface.
+
+        .. versionadded: 2011.2
+
     .. method:: free_held
 
         Free all unused memory that the pool is currently holding.
diff --git a/src/wrapper/wrap_mempool.cpp b/src/wrapper/wrap_mempool.cpp
index a5f3fcc98dd02c8c0632b0ad5b624c04afa5adf7..af9df05d13f03150db56433733b3d8f38447258e 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/wrap_mempool.cpp
+++ b/src/wrapper/wrap_mempool.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ void pyopencl_expose_mempool()
     wrapper
       .def("allocate", device_pool_allocate,
           py::return_value_policy<py::manage_new_object>())
+      .def("__call__", device_pool_allocate,
+          py::return_value_policy<py::manage_new_object>())
       ;
 
     expose_memory_pool(wrapper);