4 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/replace/README b/lib/replace/README
index ed0b866e85..f189e8716f 100644
--- a/lib/replace/README
+++ b/lib/replace/README
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ utime
 utimes
 link
 readlink
+symlink
 
 Types:
 bool
diff --git a/lib/replace/libreplace.m4 b/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
index 64df4ec575..a93a9dad45 100644
--- a/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
+++ b/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(seteuid setresuid setegid setresgid chroot bzero strerror)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(vsyslog setlinebuf mktime ftruncate chsize rename)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(waitpid strlcpy strlcat initgroups memmove strdup)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pread pwrite strndup strcasestr strtok_r mkdtemp)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(isatty chown link readlink)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(isatty chown link readlink symlink)
 AC_HAVE_DECL(setresuid, [#include <unistd.h>])
 AC_HAVE_DECL(setresgid, [#include <unistd.h>])
 AC_HAVE_DECL(errno, [#include <errno.h>])
diff --git a/lib/replace/replace.c b/lib/replace/replace.c
index 00a205d472..37705b93cd 100644
--- a/lib/replace/replace.c
+++ b/lib/replace/replace.c
@@ -642,3 +642,11 @@ int rep_readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
 	return -1;
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_SYMLINK
+int rep_symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
+{
+	errno = ENOSYS;
+	return -1;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/replace/replace.h b/lib/replace/replace.h
index fe01a8613e..f56c5b0dc9 100644
--- a/lib/replace/replace.h
+++ b/lib/replace/replace.h
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@ int rep_link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
 int rep_readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef HAVE_SYMLINK
+#define symlink rep_symlink
+int rep_symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
+#endif
+
+
 #ifndef HAVE_SETLINEBUF
 #define setlinebuf rep_setlinebuf
 void rep_setlinebuf(FILE *);