diff --git a/lib/libedit/config.h.in b/lib/libedit/config.h.in
index df59ac317..9fe3a977c 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/config.h.in
+++ b/lib/libedit/config.h.in
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <string.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_STRING_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `strlcat' function. */
+#undef HAVE_STRLCAT
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `strlcpy' function. */
+#undef HAVE_STRLCPY
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `strrchr' function. */
 #undef HAVE_STRRCHR
 
diff --git a/lib/libedit/configure.ac b/lib/libedit/configure.ac
index 08591bab1..5e164b57b 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/configure.ac
+++ b/lib/libedit/configure.ac
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
 #AC_FUNC_REALLOC
 AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 AC_FUNC_STAT
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([endpwent isascii memchr memset re_comp regcomp strcasecmp strchr strcspn strdup strerror strrchr strstr strtol issetugid wcsdup])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([endpwent isascii memchr memset re_comp regcomp strcasecmp strchr strcspn strdup strlcpy strlcat strerror strrchr strstr strtol issetugid wcsdup])
 EL_GETPW_R_POSIX
 EL_GETPW_R_DRAFT