diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/string/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/string/Jamfile
index d1a4e51146..2a0b30ad3e 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/string/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/string/Jamfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 SubDir OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix string ;
 
 KernelMergeObject posix_string.o :
+	bcmp.c
 	bcopy.c
 	bzero.c
 	memchr.c
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/string/bcmp.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/string/bcmp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c41eec710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/string/bcmp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+** Copyright 2004, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the Haiku License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+
+#ifdef bcmp
+#	undef bcmp
+#endif
+
+int bcmp(void const *a, const void *b, size_t bytes);
+
+int
+bcmp(void const *a, const void *b, size_t bytes)
+{
+	return memcmp(a, b, bytes);
+}
+