diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/string.c b/arch/x86/boot/string.c
index cc3bd583dce1abc5fafe6b92417b8a713cd4cdfd..9e240fcba784b085bd55e77dc79c08d21d1a23e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/string.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/string.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include "ctype.h"
+#include "string.h"
 
 int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t len)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/string.h b/arch/x86/boot/string.h
index 725e820602b1781308b863a10c105dd3d2734d31..113588ddb43f8d7e7be66283118a2f33c46fb7e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/string.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/string.h
@@ -18,4 +18,13 @@ int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t len);
 #define memset(d,c,l) __builtin_memset(d,c,l)
 #define memcmp	__builtin_memcmp
 
+extern int strcmp(const char *str1, const char *str2);
+extern int strncmp(const char *cs, const char *ct, size_t count);
+extern size_t strlen(const char *s);
+extern char *strstr(const char *s1, const char *s2);
+extern size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen);
+extern unsigned int atou(const char *s);
+extern unsigned long long simple_strtoull(const char *cp, char **endp,
+					  unsigned int base);
+
 #endif /* BOOT_STRING_H */