This study presents a heuristic algorithm for buffer allocation in FMS(Flexible Manufacturing System). The buffers, which are finite resources in FMS, are responsible for improvement of an overall system utilization. But, until now, the study for buffer allocation in FMS are rarely conducted because of the complexity in FMS. Most studies for buffer allocation had been addressed to the simple production line system. The presented algorithm uses a simulation for the description of system complexity and uses a genetic algorithm for finding better buffer allocation. Lastly, we compare performance of the presented algorithm with that of a simple heuristic, and analyze the experiment results.