diff --git a/lib/roken/roken.h.in b/lib/roken/roken.h.in
index 09d529f32..c90500af9 100644
--- a/lib/roken/roken.h.in
+++ b/lib/roken/roken.h.in
@@ -603,4 +603,7 @@ void setprogname(const char *argv0);
 const char *getprogname(void);
 #endif
 
+void set_progname(char *argv0);
+const char *get_progname(void);
+
 ROKEN_CPP_END
diff --git a/lib/roken/warnerr.c b/lib/roken/warnerr.c
index 42173185b..1fde0cb32 100644
--- a/lib/roken/warnerr.c
+++ b/lib/roken/warnerr.c
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ setprogname(const char *argv0)
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_SETPROGNAME */
 
+void
+set_progname(char *argv0)
+{
+    setprogname ((const char *)argv0);
+}
+
+const char *
+get_progname (void)
+{
+    return getprogname ();
+}
+
 void
 warnerr(int doerrno, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {