diff --git a/lib/krb4.c b/lib/krb4.c
index 3d7e530b146101a9b979e6ea05f5dd48fefc09cf..a683e25e0e3b6480d44c2c8f3fc48a0dbf1dfbd5 100644
--- a/lib/krb4.c
+++ b/lib/krb4.c
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ struct krb4_data {
 };
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
-
-size_t
+/* if it ever goes non-static, make it Curl_ prefixed! */
+size_t static 
 strlcpy (char *dst, const char *src, size_t dst_sz)
 {
     size_t n;