diff --git a/singe/singe.c b/singe/singe.c
index 4ff0fc3fc..362c05a19 100644
--- a/singe/singe.c
+++ b/singe/singe.c
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ void singe(SDL_Window *window, SDL_Renderer *renderer) {
 	free(temp);
 	// Load mappings in game script dir
 	temp = strdup(_confScriptFile);
-	temp2 = strndup(temp, strlen(temp) - strlen(utilGetLastPathComponent(temp)));
+	temp2 = utilStrndup(temp, strlen(temp) - strlen(utilGetLastPathComponent(temp)));
 	free(temp);
 	temp = utilCreateString("%scontrols.cfg", temp2);
 	if (utilFileExists(temp) && luaL_dofile(_luaContext, temp)) utilDie("%s", lua_tostring(_luaContext, -1));
diff --git a/singe/util.c b/singe/util.c
index fa2a41d62..125130a6e 100644
--- a/singe/util.c
+++ b/singe/util.c
@@ -376,6 +376,16 @@ void utilSay(char *fmt, ...) {
 }
 
 
+
+// Windows does not have strndup() so we implement our own.
+char *utilStrndup( const char *s1, size_t n) {
+	char *copy = (char *)malloc(n + 1);
+	memcpy(copy, s1, n);
+	copy[n] = 0;
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
 void utilTrace(char *fmt, ...) {
 	va_list args;
 	if (utilTraceFile) {
diff --git a/singe/util.h b/singe/util.h
index b1587af81..4da5210db 100644
--- a/singe/util.h
+++ b/singe/util.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ char *utilReadFile(char *filename, size_t *bytes);
 char *utilReadLine(char *haystack, size_t length, char **offset);
 void  utilRedirectConsole(void);
 void  utilSay(char *fmt, ...);
+char *utilStrndup( const char *s1, size_t n);
 void  utilTrace(char *fmt, ...);
 void  utilTraceEnd(void);
 void  utilTraceStart(char *filename);