diff --git a/package/dmalloc/dmalloc.mk b/package/dmalloc/dmalloc.mk
index 05943943d6..93dc45c15d 100644
--- a/package/dmalloc/dmalloc.mk
+++ b/package/dmalloc/dmalloc.mk
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ DMALLOC_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(DMALLOC_CFLAGS)"
 
 define DMALLOC_POST_PATCH
 	$(SED) 's/^ac_cv_page_size=0$$/ac_cv_page_size=12/' $(@D)/configure
+	$(SED) 's/ac_cv_strdup_macro=no$$/ac_cv_strdup_macro=yes/' $(@D)/configure
 	$(SED) 's/(ld -/($${LD-ld} -/' $(@D)/configure
 	$(SED) 's/'\''ld -/"$${LD-ld}"'\'' -/' $(@D)/configure
 	$(SED) 's/ar cr/$$(AR) cr/' $(@D)/Makefile.in