diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index edb8a6ed4..e43c4f50d 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ void run_applet_by_name(const char *name, int argc, char **argv);
 extern void *xmalloc (size_t size);
 extern void *xrealloc(void *old, size_t size);
 extern void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
-extern char *bb_xstrdup (const char *s);
 #endif
+extern char *bb_xstrdup (const char *s);
 extern char *bb_xstrndup (const char *s, int n);
 extern char * safe_strncpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size);