--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
+index 4d87a3f..36d1fc1 100644
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -295,16 +295,16 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_SCANDIR, false)
+
+ dnl AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(strlcpy)
+
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strlcpy], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/strlcpy) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_STRLCPY, true)])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strlcat], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/strlcat) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_STRLCAT, true)])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strsep], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/strsep) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_STRSEP, true)])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memmem], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/memmem) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_MEMMEM, true)])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memcmp], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/memcmp) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_MEMCMP, true)])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([basename], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/basename) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_BASENAME, true)])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getopt_long], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/getopt) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_GETOPT_LONG, true)])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strcasestr], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/strcasestr) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_STRCASESTR, true)])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([scandir], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/scandir) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_SCANDIR, true)])
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([inet_aton], , [AC_LIBOBJ(missing/inet_aton) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_INET_ATON, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strlcpy], , [AC_LIBOBJ(strlcpy) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_STRLCPY, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strlcat], , [AC_LIBOBJ(strlcat) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_STRLCAT, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strsep], , [AC_LIBOBJ(strsep) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_STRSEP, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memmem], , [AC_LIBOBJ(memmem) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_MEMMEM, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memcmp], , [AC_LIBOBJ(memcmp) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_MEMCMP, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([basename], , [AC_LIBOBJ(basename) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_BASENAME, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getopt_long], , [AC_LIBOBJ(getopt) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_GETOPT_LONG, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strcasestr], , [AC_LIBOBJ(strcasestr) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_STRCASESTR, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([scandir], , [AC_LIBOBJ(scandir) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_SCANDIR, true)])
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS([inet_aton], , [AC_LIBOBJ(inet_aton) AM_CONDITIONAL(MISSING_INET_ATON, true)])
+
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, inet_aton,
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(INET_ATON_WANTS_RESOLV, true),
+@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES( Makefile
+ man/etter.conf.5
+ share/Makefile
+ src/Makefile
++ src/missing/Makefile
+ src/os/Makefile
+ src/interfaces/Makefile
+ src/interfaces/daemon/Makefile
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index 717b2fb..2bc0dcf 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+
+ include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
+
+-SUBDIRS = os interfaces
++SUBDIRS = os interfaces missing
+
+ bin_PROGRAMS = ettercap
+
+@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ ettercap_SOURCES += dissectors/ec_socks.c \
+
+ ettercap_CFLAGS = @EC_CFLAGS@
+
+-ettercap_LDADD = @LIBOBJS@ \
++ettercap_LDADD = missing/libmissing.a \
+ os/libec_os.a \
+ interfaces/daemon/libec_daemon.a \
+ interfaces/text/libec_text.a
+diff --git a/src/missing/Makefile.am b/src/missing/Makefile.am
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..594e470
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/src/missing/Makefile.am
+@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
++
++noinst_LIBRARIES = libmissing.a
++libmissing_a_SOURCES =
++libmissing_a_LIBADD = $(LIBOBJS) $(ALLOCA)