diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 744d6282..c5655978 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -330,8 +330,15 @@ EOF
     then
 	echo "no"
     else
-	echo 'CFLAGS += -DNEED_STRLCPY' >>$CONFIG
-	echo "yes"
+	if ${PKG_CONFIG} libbsd --exists
+	then
+		echo 'CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBSD' `${PKG_CONFIG} libbsd --cflags` >>$CONFIG
+		echo 'LDLIBS +=' `${PKG_CONFIG} libbsd --libs` >> $CONFIG
+		echo "no"
+	else
+		echo 'CFLAGS += -DNEED_STRLCPY' >>$CONFIG
+		echo "yes"
+	fi
     fi
     rm -f $TMPDIR/strtest.c $TMPDIR/strtest
 }
diff --git a/genl/ctrl.c b/genl/ctrl.c
index 6133336a..fef6aaa9 100644
--- a/genl/ctrl.c
+++ b/genl/ctrl.c
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "genl_utils.h"
diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index b5519201..067f5409 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <linux/mpls.h>
diff --git a/ip/ipnetns.c b/ip/ipnetns.c
index 0eac18cf..da019d76 100644
--- a/ip/ipnetns.c
+++ b/ip/ipnetns.c
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
diff --git a/ip/iproute_lwtunnel.c b/ip/iproute_lwtunnel.c
index 8f497015..2285bc1d 100644
--- a/ip/iproute_lwtunnel.c
+++ b/ip/iproute_lwtunnel.c
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <linux/ila.h>
 #include <linux/lwtunnel.h>
 #include <linux/mpls_iptunnel.h>
diff --git a/ip/ipvrf.c b/ip/ipvrf.c
index 8a6b7f97..8572b4f2 100644
--- a/ip/ipvrf.c
+++ b/ip/ipvrf.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
diff --git a/ip/ipxfrm.c b/ip/ipxfrm.c
index 17ab4abe..b02f30a6 100644
--- a/ip/ipxfrm.c
+++ b/ip/ipxfrm.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <time.h>
diff --git a/ip/tunnel.c b/ip/tunnel.c
index d0d55f37..73abb2e2 100644
--- a/ip/tunnel.c
+++ b/ip/tunnel.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/ip/xfrm_state.c b/ip/xfrm_state.c
index e8c01746..18e0c6fa 100644
--- a/ip/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/ip/xfrm_state.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "xfrm.h"
diff --git a/lib/bpf.c b/lib/bpf.c
index 45f279fa..35d7c45a 100644
--- a/lib/bpf.c
+++ b/lib/bpf.c
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/lib/fs.c b/lib/fs.c
index 86efd4ed..af36bea0 100644
--- a/lib/fs.c
+++ b/lib/fs.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
diff --git a/lib/inet_proto.c b/lib/inet_proto.c
index 0836a4c9..b379d8f8 100644
--- a/lib/inet_proto.c
+++ b/lib/inet_proto.c
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "rt_names.h"
 #include "utils.h"
diff --git a/misc/ss.c b/misc/ss.c
index 4d12fb5d..c472fbd9 100644
--- a/misc/ss.c
+++ b/misc/ss.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
diff --git a/tc/em_ipset.c b/tc/em_ipset.c
index 48b287f5..550b2101 100644
--- a/tc/em_ipset.c
+++ b/tc/em_ipset.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
diff --git a/tc/m_pedit.c b/tc/m_pedit.c
index 2aeb56d9..baacc80d 100644
--- a/tc/m_pedit.c
+++ b/tc/m_pedit.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "tc_util.h"