diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7be8fb11..f0668ab3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -326,6 +326,27 @@ EOF
     rm -f $TMPDIR/dbtest.c $TMPDIR/dbtest
 }
 
+check_strlcpy()
+{
+    cat >$TMPDIR/strtest.c <<EOF
+#include <string.h>
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+	char dst[10];
+	strlcpy(dst, "test", sizeof(dst));
+	return 0;
+}
+EOF
+    $CC -I$INCLUDE -o $TMPDIR/strtest $TMPDIR/strtest.c >/dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+    then
+	echo "no"
+    else
+	echo 'CFLAGS += -DNEED_STRLCPY' >>$CONFIG
+	echo "yes"
+    fi
+    rm -f $TMPDIR/strtest.c $TMPDIR/strtest
+}
+
 quiet_config()
 {
 	cat <<EOF
@@ -397,6 +418,9 @@ check_mnl
 echo -n "Berkeley DB: "
 check_berkeley_db
 
+echo -n "need for strlcpy: "
+check_strlcpy
+
 echo
 echo -n "docs:"
 check_docs
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 0cf99619..632fd0dd 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -1260,6 +1260,7 @@ int get_real_family(int rtm_type, int rtm_family)
 	return rtm_family;
 }
 
+#ifdef NEED_STRLCPY
 size_t strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size)
 {
 	size_t srclen = strlen(src);
@@ -1282,3 +1283,4 @@ size_t strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size)
 
 	return dlen + strlcpy(dst + dlen, src, size - dlen);
 }
+#endif