--- a/mspack/system.h
+++ b/mspack/system.h
@@ -27,19 +27,25 @@
 #else
  /* but if no default system wanted, avoid using <string.h> entirely,
   * to avoid linking to even these standard C library functions */
-static inline int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n) {
+static inline int mspack_memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n) {
     const unsigned char *a = s1, *b = s2;
     while (n--) if (*a++ != *b++) return a[-1] - b[-1];
     return 0;
 }
-static inline void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n) {
+#undef memcmp
+#define memcmp mspack_memcmp
+static inline void *mspack_memset(void *s, int c, size_t n) {
     unsigned char *s2 = s, c2 = (unsigned char) c;
     while (n--) *s2++ = c2;
     return s;
 }
-static inline size_t strlen(const char *s) {
+#undef memset
+#define memset mspack_memset
+static inline size_t mspack_strlen(const char *s) {
     size_t c = 0; while (*s++) c++; return c;
 }
+#undef strlen
+#define strlen mspack_strlen
 #endif
 
 /* fix for problem with GCC 4 and glibc (thanks to Ville Skytta)