diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 90dc5fbd..6550126a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ if cc.has_header('execinfo.h')
   config_h.set10('HAVE_EXECINFO_H', true)
 endif
 
+config_h.set('HAVE_STRLCPY', cc.has_function('strlcpy'))
+
 if get_option('libunwind')
   libunwind_dep = dependency('libunwind-generic', required: false)
   if libunwind_dep.found()
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-util-private.h b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-util-private.h
index 26ba79e1..44c7d0dc 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-util-private.h
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-util-private.h
@@ -89,5 +89,12 @@ ssize_t _sysprof_sendfile    (int         out_fd,
                               int         in_fd,
                               off_t      *offset,
                               size_t      count);
-
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STRLCPY
+# define _sysprof_strlcpy(d,s,ds) strlcpy(d,s,ds)
+#else
+size_t  _sysprof_strlcpy     (char       *dest,
+                              const char *src,
+                              size_t      dest_size);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-util.c b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-util.c
index 75f9b264..d2e9835c 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-util.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-util.c
@@ -236,3 +236,23 @@ ssize_t
   errno = 0;
   return total;
 }
+
+size_t
+(_sysprof_strlcpy) (char       *dest,
+                    const char *src,
+                    size_t      dest_size)
+{
+  size_t i = 0;
+
+  if (dest_size > 0)
+    {
+      for (; i < dest_size - 1 && src[i] != '\0'; i++)
+        dest[i] = src[i];
+      dest[i] = '\0';
+    }
+
+  for (; src[i] != '\0'; i++)
+    ;
+
+  return i;
+}
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-writer.c b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-writer.c
index 5036eda1..23f00243 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-writer.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-capture-writer.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ sysprof_capture_writer_new_from_fd (int    fd,
   header->little_endian = false;
 #endif
   header->padding = 0;
-  g_strlcpy (header->capture_time, nowstr, sizeof header->capture_time);
+  _sysprof_strlcpy (header->capture_time, now_str, sizeof header->capture_time);
   header->time = SYSPROF_CAPTURE_CURRENT_TIME;
   header->end_time = 0;
   memset (header->suffix, 0, sizeof header->suffix);
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ sysprof_capture_writer_add_map (SysprofCaptureWriter *self,
   ev->offset = offset;
   ev->inode = inode;
 
-  g_strlcpy (ev->filename, filename, len - sizeof *ev);
+  _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->filename, filename, len - sizeof *ev);
   ev->filename[len - sizeof *ev - 1] = '\0';
 
   self->stat.frame_count[SYSPROF_CAPTURE_FRAME_MAP]++;
@@ -642,8 +642,8 @@ sysprof_capture_writer_add_mark (SysprofCaptureWriter *self,
                                      SYSPROF_CAPTURE_FRAME_MARK);
 
   ev->duration = duration;
-  g_strlcpy (ev->group, group, sizeof ev->group);
-  g_strlcpy (ev->name, name, sizeof ev->name);
+  _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->group, group, sizeof ev->group);
+  _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->name, name, sizeof ev->name);
   memcpy (ev->message, message, message_len);
 
   self->stat.frame_count[SYSPROF_CAPTURE_FRAME_MARK]++;
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ sysprof_capture_writer_add_metadata (SysprofCaptureWriter *self,
                                      time,
                                      SYSPROF_CAPTURE_FRAME_METADATA);
 
-  g_strlcpy (ev->id, id, sizeof ev->id);
+  _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->id, id, sizeof ev->id);
   memcpy (ev->metadata, metadata, metadata_len);
   ev->metadata[metadata_len] = 0;
 
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ sysprof_capture_writer_add_process (SysprofCaptureWriter *self,
                                      time,
                                      SYSPROF_CAPTURE_FRAME_PROCESS);
 
-  g_strlcpy (ev->cmdline, cmdline, len - sizeof *ev);
+  _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->cmdline, cmdline, len - sizeof *ev);
   ev->cmdline[len - sizeof *ev - 1] = '\0';
 
   self->stat.frame_count[SYSPROF_CAPTURE_FRAME_PROCESS]++;
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ sysprof_capture_writer_add_log (SysprofCaptureWriter *self,
   ev->severity = severity & 0xFFFF;
   ev->padding1 = 0;
   ev->padding2 = 0;
-  g_strlcpy (ev->domain, domain, sizeof ev->domain);
+  _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->domain, domain, sizeof ev->domain);
   memcpy (ev->message, message, message_len);
 
   self->stat.frame_count[SYSPROF_CAPTURE_FRAME_LOG]++;
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ sysprof_capture_writer_add_file (SysprofCaptureWriter *self,
   ev->padding1 = 0;
   ev->is_last = !!is_last;
   ev->len = data_len;
-  g_strlcpy (ev->path, path, sizeof ev->path);
+  _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->path, path, sizeof ev->path);
   memcpy (ev->data, data, data_len);
 
   self->stat.frame_count[SYSPROF_CAPTURE_FRAME_FILE_CHUNK]++;
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-collector.c b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-collector.c
index 9c72d0bc..db177567 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-collector.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/sysprof-collector.c
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ sysprof_collector_mark (int64_t     time,
         ev->frame.pid = collector->pid;
         ev->frame.time = time;
         ev->duration = duration;
-        g_strlcpy (ev->group, group, sizeof ev->group);
-        g_strlcpy (ev->name, mark, sizeof ev->name);
+        _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->group, group, sizeof ev->group);
+        _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->name, mark, sizeof ev->name);
         memcpy (ev->message, message, sl);
         ev->message[sl] = 0;
 
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ sysprof_collector_log (int             severity,
         ev->severity = severity & 0xFFFF;
         ev->padding1 = 0;
         ev->padding2 = 0;
-        g_strlcpy (ev->domain, domain, sizeof ev->domain);
+        _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->domain, domain, sizeof ev->domain);
         memcpy (ev->message, message, sl);
         ev->message[sl] = 0;
 
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ sysprof_collector_log_printf (int             severity,
         ev->severity = severity & 0xFFFF;
         ev->padding1 = 0;
         ev->padding2 = 0;
-        g_strlcpy (ev->domain, domain, sizeof ev->domain);
+        _sysprof_strlcpy (ev->domain, domain, sizeof ev->domain);
         memcpy (ev->message, formatted, sl);
         ev->message[sl] = 0;