diff --git a/src/iniparser.c b/src/iniparser.c
index 63f54f417547247d633cac17b9497508d14f90c9..fffdf9fecb8cdbad1556cc13c9bf861ea61b3464 100644
--- a/src/iniparser.c
+++ b/src/iniparser.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static char * xstrdup(const char * s)
   @return   unsigned New size of the string.
  */
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-unsigned strstrip(char * s)
+static unsigned strstrip(char * s)
 {
     char *last = NULL ;
     char *dest = s;