diff --git a/src/include/string.h b/src/include/string.h
index d6ff6c03..41222081 100644
--- a/src/include/string.h
+++ b/src/include/string.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: string.h,v 1.29 2014/08/10 02:49:24 guenther Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: string.h,v 1.30 2015/11/20 23:40:32 millert Exp $	*/
 /*	$NetBSD: string.h,v 1.6 1994/10/26 00:56:30 cgd Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include <machine/_types.h>
 
+/*
+ * POSIX mandates that certain string functions not present in ISO C
+ * be prototyped in strings.h.  Historically, we've included them here.
+ */
+#if __BSD_VISIBLE
+#include <strings.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifndef	_SIZE_T_DEFINED_
 #define	_SIZE_T_DEFINED_
 typedef	__size_t	size_t;
@@ -91,20 +99,6 @@ void	*memccpy(void *__restrict, const void *__restrict, int, size_t)
 		__attribute__ ((__bounded__(__buffer__,1,4)));
 #endif
 
-#if __XPG_VISIBLE >= 420
-int	 bcmp(const void *, const void *, size_t);
-void	 bcopy(const void *, void *, size_t)
-		__attribute__ ((__bounded__(__buffer__,1,3)))
-		__attribute__ ((__bounded__(__buffer__,2,3)));
-void	 bzero(void *, size_t)
-		__attribute__ ((__bounded__(__buffer__,1,2)));
-int	 ffs(int);
-char	*index(const char *, int);
-char	*rindex(const char *, int);
-int	 strcasecmp(const char *, const char *);
-int	 strncasecmp(const char *, const char *, size_t);
-#endif
-
 #if __POSIX_VISIBLE >= 200112
 int	 strerror_r(int, char *, size_t)
 	    __attribute__ ((__bounded__(__string__,2,3)));
diff --git a/src/include/strings.h b/src/include/strings.h
index 28e0f641..c9d4856d 100644
--- a/src/include/strings.h
+++ b/src/include/strings.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: strings.h,v 1.3 2003/06/02 19:34:12 millert Exp $	*/
-/*	$NetBSD: strings.h,v 1.3 1994/10/26 00:56:31 cgd Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: strings.h,v 1.4 2015/11/20 23:40:32 millert Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -32,4 +31,42 @@
  *	@(#)strings.h	5.8 (Berkeley) 5/15/90
  */
 
-#include <string.h>
+#ifndef _STRINGS_H_
+#define	_STRINGS_H_
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <machine/_types.h>
+
+/*
+ * POSIX mandates that certain string functions not present in ISO C
+ * be prototyped in strings.h.
+ */
+
+#ifndef	_SIZE_T_DEFINED_
+#define	_SIZE_T_DEFINED_
+typedef	__size_t	size_t;
+#endif
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+#if __BSD_VISIBLE || (__XPG_VISIBLE >= 420 && __POSIX_VISIBLE <= 200112)
+/*
+ * The following functions were removed from IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
+ */
+int	 bcmp(const void *, const void *, size_t);
+void	 bcopy(const void *, void *, size_t)
+		__attribute__ ((__bounded__(__buffer__,1,3)))
+		__attribute__ ((__bounded__(__buffer__,2,3)));
+void	 bzero(void *, size_t)
+		__attribute__ ((__bounded__(__buffer__,1,2)));
+char	*index(const char *, int);
+char	*rindex(const char *, int);
+#endif
+
+#if __XPG_VISIBLE >= 420
+int	 ffs(int);
+int	 strcasecmp(const char *, const char *);
+int	 strncasecmp(const char *, const char *, size_t);
+#endif
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _STRINGS_H_ */