1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.c b/tools/perf/util/path.c
index f3958743b743..5d13cb45b317 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.c
@@ -22,19 +22,23 @@ static const char *get_perf_dir(void)
 	return ".";
 }
 
-#ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY_SUPPORT
-size_t strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
+/*
+ * If libc has strlcpy() then that version will override this
+ * implementation:
+ */
+size_t __weak strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
 {
 	size_t ret = strlen(src);
 
 	if (size) {
 		size_t len = (ret >= size) ? size - 1 : ret;
+
 		memcpy(dest, src, len);
 		dest[len] = '\0';
 	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
-#endif
 
 static char *get_pathname(void)
 {