diff --git a/source/gs-vertex.cpp b/source/gs-vertex.cpp
index 69a59c79..4b94ea0a 100644
--- a/source/gs-vertex.cpp
+++ b/source/gs-vertex.cpp
@@ -18,3 +18,48 @@
  */
 
 #include "gs-vertexbuffer.h"
+#include "util-memory.h"
+
+GS::Vertex& GS::Vertex::operator=(const Vertex& r) {
+	vec3_copy(&this->position, &r.position);
+	vec3_copy(&this->normal, &r.normal);
+	vec3_copy(&this->tangent, &r.tangent);
+	for (size_t n = 0; n < MAXIMUM_UVW_LAYERS; n++) {
+		vec4_copy(&this->uv[n], &r.uv[n]);
+	}
+	return *this;
+}
+
+GS::Vertex* GS::Vertex::operator=(const Vertex* r) {
+	vec3_copy(&this->position, &r->position);
+	vec3_copy(&this->normal, &r->normal);
+	vec3_copy(&this->tangent, &r->tangent);
+	for (size_t n = 0; n < MAXIMUM_UVW_LAYERS; n++) {
+		vec4_copy(&this->uv[n], &r->uv[n]);
+	}
+	return this;
+}
+
+void* GS::Vertex::operator new(size_t count) {
+	return util::malloc_aligned(16, count);
+}
+
+void* GS::Vertex::operator new(size_t count, void* d){
+	return d;
+}
+
+void* GS::Vertex::operator new[](size_t count) {
+	return util::malloc_aligned(16, count);
+}
+
+void* GS::Vertex::operator new[](size_t count, void* d) {
+	return d;
+}
+
+void GS::Vertex::operator delete(void* p) {
+	return util::free_aligned(p);
+}
+
+void GS::Vertex::operator delete[](void* p) {
+	return util::free_aligned(p);
+}
diff --git a/source/gs-vertex.h b/source/gs-vertex.h
index 06c2d193..979f19e7 100644
--- a/source/gs-vertex.h
+++ b/source/gs-vertex.h
@@ -29,11 +29,27 @@ extern "C" {
 namespace GS {
 	const uint32_t MAXIMUM_UVW_LAYERS = 8u;
 	// ToDo: Optimize for use with GS::VertexBuffer so that it doesn't require in-memory copy.
-	struct Vertex {
+	__declspec(align(16)) struct Vertex {
 		vec3 position;
 		vec3 normal;
 		vec3 tangent;
 		vec4 uv[MAXIMUM_UVW_LAYERS];
 		uint32_t color;
+
+		// Operators
+		static void* Vertex::operator new(size_t count);
+		static void* Vertex::operator new[](size_t count);
+		static void* Vertex::operator new(size_t count, void* d);
+		static void* Vertex::operator new[](size_t count, void* d);
+		static void Vertex::operator delete(void* p);
+		static void Vertex::operator delete[](void* p);
+		
+		//Vertex& Vertex::operator =(Vertex r);
+		Vertex& Vertex::operator =(const Vertex& r);
+		Vertex* Vertex::operator =(const Vertex* r);
+
+		private:
+		uint32_t padding[3];
 	};
+
 }