diff --git a/Cython/Includes/libc/string.pxd b/Cython/Includes/libc/string.pxd
index 101129e212060f1d4b34b9c2ad0588130ba0919d..7eddd87dc816d241fcffe7ed879e990e0464a33c 100644
--- a/Cython/Includes/libc/string.pxd
+++ b/Cython/Includes/libc/string.pxd
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ cdef extern from "string.h" nogil:
     int    strcoll (const_char *S1, const_char *S2)
     size_t strxfrm (char *TO, const_char *FROM, size_t SIZE)
 
+    char *strerror (int ERRNUM)
 
     char *strchr  (const_char *STRING, int C)
     char *strrchr (const_char *STRING, int C)