diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c
index e36b342f1065..5527482c3077 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
index 49c26ea9dd98..4063dbc1b927 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
index b7c1ef757178..daf1c1506ec4 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #endif
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "lkc.h"