diff --git a/libfuse-lite/fuse.c b/libfuse-lite/fuse.c
index 256bed0f..6f9242b7 100644
--- a/libfuse-lite/fuse.c
+++ b/libfuse-lite/fuse.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static char *add_name(char *buf, char *s, const char *name)
         return NULL;
     }
 #endif /* __SOLARIS__ */
-    strncpy(s, name, len);
+    memcpy(s, name, len);
     s--;
     *s = '/';
 
diff --git a/libfuse-lite/fuse_lowlevel.c b/libfuse-lite/fuse_lowlevel.c
index fb93b074..a2a58278 100644
--- a/libfuse-lite/fuse_lowlevel.c
+++ b/libfuse-lite/fuse_lowlevel.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ char *fuse_add_dirent(char *buf, const char *name, const struct stat *stbuf,
     dirent->off = off;
     dirent->namelen = namelen;
     dirent->type = (stbuf->st_mode & 0170000) >> 12;
-    strncpy(dirent->name, name, namelen);
+    memcpy(dirent->name, name, namelen);
     if (padlen)
         memset(buf + entlen, 0, padlen);