diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c92e42953..71f927acb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ mbed TLS ChangeLog (Sorted per branch, date)
 
 = mbed TLS 2.16.x branch released xxxx-xx-xx
 
+Security
+   * Zeroize local variables in mbedtls_internal_aes_encrypt() and
+     mbedtls_internal_aes_decrypt() before exiting the function. The value of
+     these variables can be used to recover the last round key. To follow best
+     practice and to limit the impact of buffer overread vulnerabilities (like
+     Heartbleed) we need to zeroize them before exiting the function.
+     Issue reported by Tuba Yavuz, Farhaan Fowze, Ken (Yihang) Bai,
+     Grant Hernandez, and Kevin Butler (University of Florida) and
+     Dave Tian (Purdue University).
+
 Bugfix
    * Remove redundant line for getting the bitlen of a bignum, since the variable
      holding the returned value is overwritten a line after.
diff --git a/library/aes.c b/library/aes.c
index aff0a9939..02a7986b5 100644
--- a/library/aes.c
+++ b/library/aes.c
@@ -918,6 +918,18 @@ int mbedtls_internal_aes_encrypt( mbedtls_aes_context *ctx,
     PUT_UINT32_LE( X2, output,  8 );
     PUT_UINT32_LE( X3, output, 12 );
 
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &X0, sizeof( X0 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &X1, sizeof( X1 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &X2, sizeof( X2 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &X3, sizeof( X3 ) );
+
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &Y0, sizeof( Y0 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &Y1, sizeof( Y1 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &Y2, sizeof( Y2 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &Y3, sizeof( Y3 ) );
+
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &RK, sizeof( RK ) );
+
     return( 0 );
 }
 #endif /* !MBEDTLS_AES_ENCRYPT_ALT */
@@ -986,6 +998,18 @@ int mbedtls_internal_aes_decrypt( mbedtls_aes_context *ctx,
     PUT_UINT32_LE( X2, output,  8 );
     PUT_UINT32_LE( X3, output, 12 );
 
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &X0, sizeof( X0 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &X1, sizeof( X1 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &X2, sizeof( X2 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &X3, sizeof( X3 ) );
+
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &Y0, sizeof( Y0 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &Y1, sizeof( Y1 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &Y2, sizeof( Y2 ) );
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &Y3, sizeof( Y3 ) );
+
+    mbedtls_platform_zeroize( &RK, sizeof( RK ) );
+
     return( 0 );
 }
 #endif /* !MBEDTLS_AES_DECRYPT_ALT */