diff --git a/lib/roken/strdup.c b/lib/roken/strdup.c
index 146d1ea8b..83b824246 100644
--- a/lib/roken/strdup.c
+++ b/lib/roken/strdup.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "bsd_locl.h"
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRDUP
-static char *
+char *
 strdup(const char *old)
 {
 	char *t = malloc(strlen(old)+1);