1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c b/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c
index d39292263153..34a352867382 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
 #include "quote.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
 #define MAX_ARGS        32
 
 extern char **environ;
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ const char *perf_extract_argv0_path(const char *argv0)
                 slash--;
 
         if (slash >= argv0) {
-                argv0_path = strndup(argv0, slash - argv0);
+                argv0_path = xstrndup(argv0, slash - argv0);
                 return slash + 1;
         }