diff --git a/src/include/string.h b/src/include/string.h
index f923ca5c02..8eef0680cb 100644
--- a/src/include/string.h
+++ b/src/include/string.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ int strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
 int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, int maxlen);
 int strspn(const char *str, const char *spn);
 int strcspn(const char *str, const char *spn);
+char *strtok_r(char *str, const char *delim, char **ptr);
+char *strtok(char *str, const char *delim);
 long atol(const char *str);
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lib/string.c b/src/lib/string.c
index f0c24edcfc..e8f72a28e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/string.c
+++ b/src/lib/string.c
@@ -163,6 +163,31 @@ int strcspn(const char *str, const char *spn)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+char *strtok_r(char *str, const char *delim, char **ptr)
+{
+	char *start;
+	char *end;
+
+	if (str == NULL)
+		str = *ptr;
+	start = str + strspn(str, delim);
+	if (start[0] == '\0')
+		return NULL;
+
+	end = start + strcspn(start, delim);
+	*ptr = end;
+	if (end[0] != '\0')
+		*(*ptr)++ = '\0';
+	return start;
+}
+
+char *strtok(char *str, const char *delim)
+{
+	static char *strtok_ptr;
+
+	return strtok_r(str, delim, &strtok_ptr);
+}
+
 long atol(const char *str)
 {
 	long ret = 0;