diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cfb50d9..033a953 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ if (MSVC)
 endif()
 
 check_symbol_exists(memmem string.h HAVE_MEMMEM)
+check_symbol_exists(strndup string.h HAVE_STRNDUP)
 
 include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 include_directories(${SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/src/system.h.in b/src/system.h.in
index ebd7dd9..0675912 100644
--- a/src/system.h.in
+++ b/src/system.h.in
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
-#define HAVE_STRNDUP
 #define HAVE_DLOPEN
 #define HAVE_GETOPT
 #define HAVE_SSIZE_T
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #define HAVE_GETRLIMIT
 #endif
+#cmakedefine HAVE_STRNDUP
 #cmakedefine HAVE_MEMMEM
 
 /* printf support for size_t and uint64_t */
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@
 #include <sys/select.h>
 #endif
 
-#if ( defined(BSD_LIKE) && !defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) ) || defined(__sun__)
-#undef HAVE_STRNDUP
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT
 #include <getopt.h>
 #endif