diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index baf15247..24853c9e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ SYS_INCLUDES =
 
 endif
 
+if STRLCPY_IMPL
+SYS_SRC += strlcpy.c
+endif
 if SELECT_BACKEND
 SYS_SRC += select.c
 endif
@@ -200,7 +203,6 @@ CORE_SRC =					\
 	evutil_time.c				\
 	listener.c				\
 	log.c					\
-	strlcpy.c				\
 	$(SYS_SRC)
 
 EXTRAS_SRC =					\
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9da77fc9..dd79e4da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ \
   usleep \
   vasprintf \
 ])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(STRLCPY_IMPL, [test x"$ac_cv_func_strlcpy" = xno])
 
 AC_CACHE_CHECK(
     [for getaddrinfo],