diff --git a/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 45e71e622db..43a9d4bc159 100644
--- a/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+set(KERNEL_HEAP_SOURCES
+    Heap/SlabAllocator.cpp
+    Heap/kmalloc.cpp
+)
+
 set(KERNEL_SOURCES
     ACPI/DynamicParser.cpp
     ACPI/Initialize.cpp
@@ -47,8 +52,6 @@ set(KERNEL_SOURCES
     FileSystem/ProcFS.cpp
     FileSystem/TmpFS.cpp
     FileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
-    Heap/SlabAllocator.cpp
-    Heap/kmalloc.cpp
     Interrupts/APIC.cpp
     Interrupts/GenericInterruptHandler.cpp
     Interrupts/IOAPIC.cpp
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -nostdlib -nostdinc -nostdinc++")
 add_link_options(LINKER:-T ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/linker.ld -nostdlib)
 
 add_library(boot OBJECT Arch/i386/Boot/boot.S)
+add_library(kernel_heap STATIC ${KERNEL_HEAP_SOURCES})
 file(GENERATE OUTPUT linker.ld INPUT linker.ld)
 
 if (${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES SerenityOS)
@@ -255,8 +259,8 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_executable(Kernel ${SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(Kernel gcc stdc++)
-add_dependencies(Kernel boot)
+target_link_libraries(Kernel kernel_heap gcc stdc++)
+add_dependencies(Kernel boot kernel_heap)
 install(TARGETS Kernel RUNTIME DESTINATION boot)
 
 add_custom_command(
diff --git a/Kernel/Heap/SlabAllocator.cpp b/Kernel/Heap/SlabAllocator.cpp
index b3ba8c1cce0..e0ecff38c12 100644
--- a/Kernel/Heap/SlabAllocator.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Heap/SlabAllocator.cpp
@@ -100,12 +100,11 @@ private:
         char padding[templated_slab_size - sizeof(FreeSlab*)];
     };
 
-    // NOTE: These are not default-initialized to prevent an init-time constructor from overwriting them
-    FreeSlab* m_freelist;
+    FreeSlab* m_freelist { nullptr };
     Atomic<size_t> m_num_allocated;
     Atomic<size_t> m_num_free;
-    void* m_base;
-    void* m_end;
+    void* m_base { nullptr };
+    void* m_end { nullptr };
     SpinLock<u32> m_lock;
 
     static_assert(sizeof(FreeSlab) == templated_slab_size);
diff --git a/Kernel/init.cpp b/Kernel/init.cpp
index 758b1f32dbd..69db9f9efdb 100644
--- a/Kernel/init.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/init.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 
 // Defined in the linker script
 typedef void (*ctor_func_t)();
+extern ctor_func_t start_heap_ctors;
+extern ctor_func_t end_heap_ctors;
 extern ctor_func_t start_ctors;
 extern ctor_func_t end_ctors;
 
@@ -107,6 +109,9 @@ extern "C" [[noreturn]] void init()
 
     s_bsp_processor.early_initialize(0);
 
+    // Invoke the constructors needed for the kernel heap
+    for (ctor_func_t* ctor = &start_heap_ctors; ctor < &end_heap_ctors; ctor++)
+        (*ctor)();
     kmalloc_init();
     slab_alloc_init();
 
diff --git a/Kernel/linker.ld b/Kernel/linker.ld
index ce3e125db41..73ebbbd4de8 100644
--- a/Kernel/linker.ld
+++ b/Kernel/linker.ld
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ SECTIONS
 
     .rodata ALIGN(4K) : AT (ADDR(.rodata) - 0xc0000000)
     {
+        start_heap_ctors = .;
+        *libkernel_heap.a:*(.ctors)
+        end_heap_ctors = .;
+
         start_ctors = .;
         *(.ctors)
         end_ctors = .;