diff --git a/include/stable-diffusion.h b/include/stable-diffusion.h
index 17596f849..2175f895a 100644
--- a/include/stable-diffusion.h
+++ b/include/stable-diffusion.h
@@ -491,6 +491,10 @@ SD_API bool preprocess_canny(sd_image_t image,
 SD_API const char* sd_commit(void);
 SD_API const char* sd_version(void);
 
+// for C API, caller needs to call free_sd_images to free the memory after use
+// This helps avoid CRT problems on Windows when memory is allocated in the library but freed in the caller, which may use a different CRT.
+SD_API void free_sd_images(sd_image_t* result_images, int num_images);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/stable-diffusion.cpp b/src/stable-diffusion.cpp
index 8ba4a463a..79c4db468 100644
--- a/src/stable-diffusion.cpp
+++ b/src/stable-diffusion.cpp
@@ -5570,3 +5570,18 @@ SD_API bool generate_video(sd_ctx_t* sd_ctx,
     }
     return true;
 }
+
+SD_API void free_sd_images(sd_image_t* result_images, int num_images) {
+    if (result_images == nullptr) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_images; ++i) {
+        if (result_images[i].data != nullptr) {
+            free(result_images[i].data);
+            result_images[i].data = nullptr;
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(result_images);
+}
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