diff --git a/lib/libc/include/generic-glibc/string.h b/lib/libc/include/generic-glibc/string.h
index 77b6aa346b..353754d0c4 100644
--- a/lib/libc/include/generic-glibc/string.h
+++ b/lib/libc/include/generic-glibc/string.h
@@ -501,6 +501,11 @@ extern char *stpncpy (char *__restrict __dest,
      __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * strlcpy and strlcat introduced in glibc 2.38
+ * https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=2e0bbbfbf95fc9e22692e93658a6fbdd2d4554da
+ */
+#if (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 38) || __GLIBC__ > 2
 #ifdef __USE_MISC
 /* Copy at most N - 1 characters from SRC to DEST.  */
 extern size_t strlcpy (char *__restrict __dest,
@@ -513,6 +518,7 @@ extern size_t strlcat (char *__restrict __dest,
 		       const char *__restrict __src, size_t __n)
   __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2))  __attr_access ((__read_write__, 1, 3));
 #endif
+#endif /* glibc v2.38 and later */
 
 #ifdef	__USE_GNU
 /* Compare S1 and S2 as strings holding name & indices/version numbers.  */