diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec b/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
index 6b11ba429c9..cd756e40ac7 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/msvcrt.spec
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@
 @ cdecl strlen(str) ntdll.strlen
 @ cdecl strncat(str str long) ntdll.strncat
 @ cdecl strncat_s(str long str long) MSVCRT_strncat_s
-@ cdecl strncmp(str str long) ntdll.strncmp
+@ cdecl strncmp(str str long) MSVCRT_strncmp
 @ cdecl strncpy(ptr str long) ntdll.strncpy
 @ cdecl strncpy_s(ptr long str long)
 @ cdecl strnlen(str long) MSVCRT_strnlen
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/string.c b/dlls/msvcrt/string.c
index 6d56cc05f32..bf336449fed 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/string.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/string.c
@@ -1582,6 +1582,14 @@ char* __cdecl MSVCRT_strchr(const char *str, int c)
     return strchr(str, c);
 }
 
+/*********************************************************************
+ *                  strncmp   (MSVCRT.@)
+ */
+int __cdecl MSVCRT_strncmp(const char *str1, const char *str2, MSVCRT_size_t len)
+{
+    return strncmp(str1, str2, len);
+}
+
 /*********************************************************************
  *                  _strnicmp_l   (MSVCRT.@)
  */