diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 460c9aa0..713132e8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ esac
 
 AC_FUNC_MMAP
 
+AC_CHECK_FUNC([strndup], [
+	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_STRNDUP], [], [strndup appears to be present])
+])
+
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([execinfo.h], [break])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_EXECINFO], [test x$ac_cv_header_execinfo_h = "xyes"])
 
diff --git a/string.cpp b/string.cpp
index b7011c95..b5354f09 100644
--- a/string.cpp
+++ b/string.cpp
@@ -28,3 +28,29 @@ strbegins (const char *restrict str,
            const char *restrict prefix) {
     return 0 == strncmp (prefix, str, strlen (prefix));
 }
+
+
+
+#if !defined(HAVE_STRNDUP)
+// Written by Niels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
+// Placed in the public domain
+
+char *restrict
+strndup (const char *restrict s, size_t size)
+{
+    char *r;
+    char *end = (char *)memchr(s, 0, size);
+
+    if (end)
+        // Length + 1
+        size = end - s + 1;
+
+    char * r = malloc(size);
+
+    if (size) {
+        memcpy(r, s, size-1);
+        r[size-1] = '\0';
+    }
+    return r;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/string.hpp b/string.hpp
index 3051aee4..a885925d 100644
--- a/string.hpp
+++ b/string.hpp
@@ -24,5 +24,11 @@ bool
 strbegins(const char *restrict str,
           const char *restrict prefix);
 
+
+#if !defined(HAVE_STRNDUP)
+char *restrict
+strndup (const char *restrict s, size_t size);
+#endif
+
 #endif // __UTIL_STRING_HPP