diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index afc4bbb9e..96c004b68 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ if cc.has_type('ptrdiff_t', prefix : '#include <stddef.h>')
   cdata.set('HAVE_PTRDIFF_T', 1)
 endif
 
+if cc.has_function('strndupa', prefix : '#include <string.h>', args : [ '-D_GNU_SOURCE' ])
+  cdata.set('HAVE_STRNDUPA', 1)
+endif
+
 if cc.has_function('mkstemp', prefix : '#include <stdlib.h>')
   cdata.set('HAVE_MKSTEMP', 1)
 endif
diff --git a/src/pipewire/utils.h b/src/pipewire/utils.h
index bdb506357..db9322403 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/utils.h
+++ b/src/pipewire/utils.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include <spa/utils/defs.h>
 #include <spa/pod/pod.h>
 
@@ -52,6 +54,20 @@ pw_free_strv(char **str);
 char *
 pw_strip(char *str, const char *whitespace);
 
+#if defined(HAVE_STRNDUPA)
+#include <string.h>
+#else
+# define strndupa(s, n)								      \
+	({									      \
+		const char *__old = (s);					      \
+		size_t __len = strnlen(__old, (n));				      \
+		char *__new = (char *) __builtin_alloca(__len + 1);		      \
+		memcpy(__new, __old, __len);					      \
+		__new[__len] = '\0';						      \
+		__new;								      \
+	})
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* extern "C" */
 #endif