diff --git a/ncmlib/chroot.c b/ncmlib/chroot.c
index 4add5e3..6a5c38a 100644
--- a/ncmlib/chroot.c
+++ b/ncmlib/chroot.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int chroot_enabled(void)
 
 void update_chroot(const char *path)
 {
-	strlcpy(chrootd, path, sizeof chrootd);
+	strnkcpy(chrootd, path, sizeof chrootd);
 	chroot_modified = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/ncmlib/strl.c b/ncmlib/strl.c
index 3fd53c1..324bb17 100644
--- a/ncmlib/strl.c
+++ b/ncmlib/strl.c
@@ -30,6 +30,27 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "strl.h"
 
+// true == truncated, false == no truncation
+bool strnkcpy (char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
+{
+	if (size > 0) {
+		size_t i = 0;
+		size--;
+		for (; size > 0 && src[i] != '\0'; ++i, size--)
+			dest[i] = src[i];
+		dest[i] = '\0';
+		return size ? false : true;
+	} else
+		return true;
+}
+
+// true == truncated, false == no truncation
+bool strnkcat (char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
+{
+	for (; size > 0 && *dest != '\0'; size--, dest++);
+	return strnkcpy(dest, src, size);
+}
+
 #ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
 size_t strlcpy (char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/ncmlib/strl.h b/ncmlib/strl.h
index 8f114f1..b199433 100644
--- a/ncmlib/strl.h
+++ b/ncmlib/strl.h
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 #ifndef NCM_STRL_H_
 #define NCM_STRL_H_ 1
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+bool strnkcpy (char *dest, const char *src, size_t size);
+bool strnkcat (char *dest, const char *src, size_t size);
+
 #ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
 size_t strlcpy (char *dest, const char *src, size_t size);
 #endif /* HAVE_STRLCPY */
diff --git a/ncmlib/strlist.c b/ncmlib/strlist.c
index e9d7ea4..a54499f 100644
--- a/ncmlib/strlist.c
+++ b/ncmlib/strlist.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void add_to_strlist(strlist_t **list, char *name)
 	len = strlen(name) + 1;
 	if (len == 1) return;
 	s = xmalloc(len);
-	strlcpy(s, name, len);
+	strnkcpy(s, name, len);
 
 	item = xmalloc(sizeof (strlist_t));
 	item->str = s;