diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c332107f..eb859771 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(GCC_CFLAGS)
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/prctl.h])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([accept4 mkostemp posix_fallocate prctl memfd_create])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([accept4 mkostemp posix_fallocate prctl memfd_create strndup])
 
 # *BSD don't have libdl, but they have its functions in libc
 WESTON_SEARCH_LIBS([DL], [dl], [dlsym])
diff --git a/src/scanner.c b/src/scanner.c
index 7ed1ba1a..2b3adbda 100644
--- a/src/scanner.c
+++ b/src/scanner.c
@@ -975,6 +975,17 @@ verify_arguments(struct parse_context *ctx,
 
 }
 
+#ifndef HAVE_STRNDUP
+char *
+strndup(const char *s, size_t size)
+{
+	char *r = malloc(size + 1);
+	strncpy(r, s, size);
+	r[size] = '\0';
+	return r;
+}
+#endif
+
 static void
 end_element(void *data, const XML_Char *name)
 {