diff --git a/lib/strlcat.c b/lib/strlcat.c
index 14c53a1..8a9f2d7 100644
--- a/lib/strlcat.c
+++ b/lib/strlcat.c
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <config.h>
+#include <compat.h>
+#ifndef HAVE_STRLCAT
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@
  * If retval >= dsize, truncation occurred.
  */
 size_t
-strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dsize)
+__strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dsize)
 {
 	const char *odst = dst;
 	const char *osrc = src;
@@ -53,3 +57,7 @@ strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dsize)
 
 	return(dlen + (src - osrc));	/* count does not include NUL */
 }
+
+weak_alias(__strlcat, strlcat);
+
+#endif /* HAVE_STRLCAT */
diff --git a/lib/strlcpy.c b/lib/strlcpy.c
index e9a7fe4..8918e68 100644
--- a/lib/strlcpy.c
+++ b/lib/strlcpy.c
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <config.h>
+#include <compat.h>
+#ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@
  * Returns strlen(src); if retval >= dsize, truncation occurred.
  */
 size_t
-strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dsize)
+__strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dsize)
 {
 	const char *osrc = src;
 	size_t nleft = dsize;
@@ -48,3 +52,7 @@ strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dsize)
 
 	return(src - osrc - 1);	/* count does not include NUL */
 }
+
+weak_alias(__strlcpy, strlcpy);
+
+#endif /* HAVE_STRLCPY */
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index 9a0d0d8..e6d3441 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ logger
 syslogd
 syslog_tst
 tsyslogd
+libcompat.la
 libsyslog.la
 libsyslog.pc
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index e393399..5156648 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS           = logger
 sbin_PROGRAMS         = syslogd klogd
 lib_LTLIBRARIES       = libsyslog.la
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES    = libcompat.la
 
 AM_CFLAGS             = -W -Wall -Wextra
 AM_CFLAGS            += -Wno-unused-result -Wno-unused-parameter -fno-strict-aliasing
@@ -39,11 +40,15 @@ logger_CPPFLAGS       = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
 logger_LDADD          = $(LIBS) $(LIBOBJS)
 logger_LDADD         += libsyslog.la
 
+# Convenience library for libsyslog instead of linking with $(LTLIBOBJS),
+# which would pull in pidfile() and other (strong) symbols as well.
+libcompat_la_SOURCES  = ../lib/strlcpy.c ../lib/strlcat.c
+
 pkgconfigdir          = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgincludedir         = $(includedir)/syslog
 pkgconfig_DATA        = libsyslog.pc
 pkginclude_HEADERS    = syslog.h
 libsyslog_la_SOURCES  = syslog.c syslog.h
 libsyslog_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
-libsyslog_la_LIBADD   = $(LTLIBOBJS)
 libsyslog_la_LDFLAGS  = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -version-info 0:0:0
+libsyslog_la_LIBADD   = libcompat.la
diff --git a/src/compat.h b/src/compat.h
index 54b614d..a867636 100644
--- a/src/compat.h
+++ b/src/compat.h
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@
  */
 #define __UNCONST(a)	((void *)(unsigned long)(const void *)(a))
 
+/*
+ * The functions strlcat() and strlcpy() may be available in either
+ * the C library or another library the user links their application
+ * with.  So we must declare them as "weak" symbols in libsyslog.
+ */
+#ifndef weak_alias
+# define  weak_alias(name, aliasname) _weak_alias (name, aliasname)
+# define _weak_alias(name, aliasname) \
+  extern __typeof (name) aliasname __attribute__ ((weak, alias (#name)))
+#endif
+
 /* Pthread wrapper for BSD LWP mutexes */
 typedef pthread_mutex_t    mutex_t;