diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index 161b891e..5d5bacfb 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 /* Handy routine to read very long lines in text files.
  * This means we read the whole line and avoid any nasty buffer overflows. */
-char *getline (FILE *fp)
+char *get_line (FILE *fp)
 {
 	char *line = NULL;
 	char *p;
diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index 57e4e79e..4b26318b 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void srandomdev (void);
 #endif
 
 void close_fds (void);
-char *getline (FILE *fp);
+char *get_line (FILE *fp);
 int get_time (struct timeval *tp);
 time_t uptime (void);
 void writepid (int fd, pid_t pid);
diff --git a/configure.c b/configure.c
index 559ba338..b5add7fe 100644
--- a/configure.c
+++ b/configure.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int _make_ntp (const char *file, const char *ifname, const dhcp_t *dhcp)
 			return (-1);
 		}
 	} else {
-		while (tomatch != 0 && (line = getline (f))) {
+		while (tomatch != 0 && (line = get_line (f))) {
 			struct in_addr addr;
 
 			a = line;
diff --git a/duid.c b/duid.c
index 9fd6f4be..e4dd83b9 100644
--- a/duid.c
+++ b/duid.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ size_t get_duid (unsigned char *duid, const interface_t *iface)
 	/* If we already have a DUID then use it as it's never supposed
 	 * to change once we have one even if the interfaces do */
 	if ((f = fopen (DUIDFILE, "r"))) {
-		char *line = getline (f);
+		char *line = get_line (f);
 		if (line) {
 			len = hwaddr_aton (NULL, line);
 			if (len && len <= DUID_LEN)
diff --git a/info.c b/info.c
index 0d1106eb..9c788b33 100644
--- a/info.c
+++ b/info.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ bool read_info (const interface_t *iface, dhcp_t *dhcp)
 
 	dhcp->frominfo = true;
 
-	while ((line = getline (fp))) {
+	while ((line = get_line (fp))) {
 		var = line;
 
 		/* Strip leading spaces/tabs */