diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/string/arch/x86/arch_string.S b/src/system/libroot/posix/string/arch/x86/arch_string.S
index c5bf8afec4..822cb9c8ed 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/string/arch/x86/arch_string.S
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/string/arch/x86/arch_string.S
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 ** Distributed under the terms of the NewOS License.
 */
 
-.globl memcpy
+#define FUNCTION(x) .global x; .type x,@function; x
 
 .align 4
-memcpy:
+FUNCTION(memcpy):
 	pushl	%esi
 	pushl	%edi
 	movl	12(%esp),%edi	/* dest */