diff --git a/libmaxsi/include/string.h b/libmaxsi/include/string.h
index 354296e1..6f109b30 100644
--- a/libmaxsi/include/string.h
+++ b/libmaxsi/include/string.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ char* strdup(const char*);
 char* strerror(int);
 size_t strlen(const char*);
 int strncmp(const char*, const char*, size_t);
+char* strncpy(char* restrict, const char* restrict, size_t);
 char* strrchr(const char*, int);
 size_t strspn(const char*, const char*);
 char* strtok(char* restrict, const char* restrict);
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ int strcoll_l(const char*, const char*, locale_t);
 char* strerror_l(int, locale_t);
 int strerror_r(int, char*, size_t);
 char* strncat(char* restrict, const char* restrict, size_t);
-char* strncpy(char* restrict, const char* restrict, size_t);
 char* strndup(const char*, size_t);
 size_t strnlen(const char*, size_t);
 char* strpbrk(const char*, const char*);
diff --git a/libmaxsi/string.cpp b/libmaxsi/string.cpp
index 1c7cd5c7..b7bb7ff7 100644
--- a/libmaxsi/string.cpp
+++ b/libmaxsi/string.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ namespace Maxsi
 			return OriginalDest;
 		}
 
+		extern "C" char* strncpy(char* dest, const char* src, size_t len)
+		{
+			size_t i;
+			for ( i = 0; i < len && src[i]; i++ ) { dest[i] = src[i]; }
+			for ( ; i < len; i++ ) { dest[i] = '\0'; }
+			return dest;
+		}
+
 		DUAL_FUNCTION(char*, strcat, Cat, (char* Dest, const char* Src))
 		{
 			char* OriginalDest = Dest;