diff --git a/libs/libc/include/string.h b/libs/libc/include/string.h
index f8e94c17..af9c617e 100644
--- a/libs/libc/include/string.h
+++ b/libs/libc/include/string.h
@@ -15,12 +15,18 @@ extern "C"
     /* Sets n bytes of buf to c, cast to a character. */
     void* memset(void* buf, int c, size_t n);
 
-    /* Clears n bytes of buf. */
-    void* memclr(void* buf, size_t n);
+    /* Searches for the character c in n bytes of buf. */
+    void* memchr(const void* buf, int c, size_t n);
+
+    /* Returns a heap-allocated copy of the string str. Should be freed when it is not used anymore. */
+    char* strdup(const char* str);
 
     /* Returns the length of the string str. */
     size_t strlen(const char* str);
 
+    /* Returns the length of the string str, while examining at most max bytes of str. */
+    size_t strnlen(const char* str, size_t max);
+
     /* Copies the string src into dest. This function is unsafe, use strncpy instead. */
     __lc_deprecated("strcpy is unsafe and should not be used; use strncpy instead") char* strcpy(char* dest,
                                                                                                  const char* src);
@@ -41,6 +47,9 @@ extern "C"
     /* Returns the error string associated with the error number err. */
     char* strerror(int err);
 
+    /* Clears n bytes of buf. */
+    void* bzero(void* buf, size_t n);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/libs/libc/src/string.cpp b/libs/libc/src/string.cpp
index 93b1ae46..034c6d24 100644
--- a/libs/libc/src/string.cpp
+++ b/libs/libc/src/string.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <luna.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 extern "C"
@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ extern "C"
         return buf;
     }
 
+    void* memchr(const void* buf, int c, size_t n)
+    {
+        const char* s = (const char*)buf;
+        for (; n && *s != (char)c; s++, n--)
+            ;
+        if (n) return (void*)(const_cast<char*>(s));
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    char* strdup(const char* str)
+    {
+        size_t len = strlen(str);
+        char* dest = (char*)malloc(len + 1);
+        if (!dest) return dest;
+        return (char*)memcpy(dest, str, len + 1);
+    }
+
     size_t strlen(const char* str)
     {
         const char* i = str;
@@ -24,6 +41,12 @@ extern "C"
         return (i - str);
     }
 
+    size_t strnlen(const char* str, size_t max)
+    {
+        char* p = (char*)memchr(str, 0, max);
+        return p ? p - str : max;
+    }
+
     char* strcpy(char* dest, const char* src)
     {
         memcpy(dest, src, strlen(src) + 1);
@@ -68,48 +91,9 @@ extern "C"
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    void* memclr(void* buf, size_t n)
+    void* bzero(void* buf, size_t n)
     {
-        // "i" is our counter of how many bytes we've cleared
-        size_t i;
-
-        // find out if "m_start" is aligned on a SSE_XMM_SIZE boundary
-        if ((size_t)buf & (15))
-        {
-            i = 0;
-
-            // we need to clear byte-by-byte until "m_start" is aligned on an SSE_XMM_SIZE boundary
-            // ... and lets make sure we don't copy 'too' many bytes (i < m_count)
-            while (((size_t)buf + i) & (15) && i < n)
-            {
-                asm("stosb;" ::"D"((size_t)buf + i), "a"(0));
-                i++;
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // if "m_start" was aligned, set our count to 0
-            i = 0;
-        }
-
-        // clear 64-byte chunks of memory (4 16-byte operations)
-        for (; i + 64 <= n; i += 64)
-        {
-            asm volatile(" pxor %%xmm0, %%xmm0;	"     // set XMM0 to 0
-                         " movdqa %%xmm0, 0(%0);	" // move 16 bytes from XMM0 to %0 + 0
-                         " movdqa %%xmm0, 16(%0);	"
-                         " movdqa %%xmm0, 32(%0);	"
-                         " movdqa %%xmm0, 48(%0);	" ::"r"((size_t)buf + i));
-        }
-
-        // copy the remaining bytes (if any)
-        asm(" rep stosb; " ::"a"((size_t)(0)), "D"(((size_t)buf) + i), "c"(n - i));
-
-        // "i" will contain the total amount of bytes that were actually transfered
-        i += n - i;
-
-        // we return "m_start" + the amount of bytes that were transfered
-        return (void*)(((size_t)buf) + i);
+        return memset(buf, 0, n);
     }
 
 #pragma GCC push_options