diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 217021a..9b78f15 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ codecov = { repository = "c0dearm/sharks" }
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 [features]
-default = ["std"]
+default = ["std", "zeroize_memory"]
 std = ["rand/std", "rand/std_rng"]
 fuzzing = ["std", "arbitrary"]
+zeroize_memory = ["zeroize"]
 
 [dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 hashbrown = "0.9"
 arbitrary = { version = "0.4.7", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+zeroize = { version = "1.2.0", features = ["zeroize_derive"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/field.rs b/src/field.rs
index f2d2d8c..05b4960 100644
--- a/src/field.rs
+++ b/src/field.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ use core::ops::{Add, Div, Mul, Sub};
 #[cfg(feature = "fuzzing")]
 use arbitrary::Arbitrary;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "zeroize_memory")]
+use zeroize::Zeroize;
+
 const LOG_TABLE: [u8; 256] = [
     0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x19, 0x02, 0x32, 0x1a, 0xc6, 0x03, 0xdf, 0x33, 0xee, 0x1b, 0x68, 0xc7, 0x4b,
     0x04, 0x64, 0xe0, 0x0e, 0x34, 0x8d, 0xef, 0x81, 0x1c, 0xc1, 0x69, 0xf8, 0xc8, 0x08, 0x4c, 0x71,
@@ -61,8 +64,10 @@ const EXP_TABLE: [u8; 512] = [
     0x58, 0xb0, 0x7d, 0xfa, 0xe9, 0xcf, 0x83, 0x1b, 0x36, 0x6c, 0xd8, 0xad, 0x47, 0x8e, 0x01, 0x02,
 ];
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Copy, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "fuzzing", derive(Arbitrary))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "zeroize_memory", derive(Zeroize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "zeroize_memory", zeroize(drop))]
 pub struct GF256(pub u8);
 
 #[allow(clippy::suspicious_arithmetic_impl)]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e32f44e..b76467c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ mod tests {
         let sharks = Sharks(255);
         let mut shares: Vec<Share> = sharks.make_shares(&[1]).take(255).collect();
         shares[1] = Share {
-            x: shares[0].x,
+            x: shares[0].x.clone(),
             y: shares[0].y.clone(),
         };
         let secret = sharks.recover(&shares);
diff --git a/src/math.rs b/src/math.rs
index 7279018..ee69252 100644
--- a/src/math.rs
+++ b/src/math.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ pub fn interpolate(shares: &[Share]) -> Vec<u8> {
                     shares
                         .iter()
                         .filter(|s_j| s_j.x != s_i.x)
-                        .map(|s_j| s_j.x / (s_j.x - s_i.x))
+                        .map(|s_j| s_j.x.clone() / (s_j.x.clone() - s_i.x.clone()))
                         .product::<GF256>()
-                        * s_i.y[s]
+                        * s_i.y[s].clone()
                 })
                 .sum::<GF256>()
                 .0
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ pub fn random_polynomial<R: rand::Rng>(s: GF256, k: u8, rng: &mut R) -> Vec<GF25
 // The iterator will start at `x = 1` and end at `x = 255`.
 pub fn get_evaluator(polys: Vec<Vec<GF256>>) -> impl Iterator<Item = Share> {
     (1..=u8::max_value()).map(GF256).map(move |x| Share {
-        x,
+        x: x.clone(),
         y: polys
             .iter()
-            .map(|p| p.iter().fold(GF256(0), |acc, c| acc * x + *c))
+            .map(|p| {
+                p.iter()
+                    .fold(GF256(0), |acc, c| acc * x.clone() + c.clone())
+            })
             .collect(),
     })
 }
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn evaluator_works() {
         let iter = get_evaluator(vec![vec![GF256(3), GF256(2), GF256(5)]]);
-        let values: Vec<_> = iter.take(2).map(|s| (s.x, s.y)).collect();
+        let values: Vec<_> = iter.take(2).map(|s| (s.x.clone(), s.y.clone())).collect();
         assert_eq!(
             values,
             vec![(GF256(1), vec![GF256(4)]), (GF256(2), vec![GF256(13)])]
diff --git a/src/share.rs b/src/share.rs
index 869adc8..c9d1592 100644
--- a/src/share.rs
+++ b/src/share.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ use super::field::GF256;
 #[cfg(feature = "fuzzing")]
 use arbitrary::Arbitrary;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "zeroize_memory")]
+use zeroize::Zeroize;
+
 /// A share used to reconstruct the secret. Can be serialized to and from a byte array.
 ///
 /// Usage example:
@@ -31,6 +34,8 @@ use arbitrary::Arbitrary;
 /// let secret = sharks.recover(&shares).unwrap();
 #[derive(Clone)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "fuzzing", derive(Arbitrary, Debug))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "zeroize_memory", derive(Zeroize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "zeroize_memory", zeroize(drop))]
 pub struct Share {
     pub x: GF256,
     pub y: Vec<GF256>,