1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index b7987e9d..da879569 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int alpm_initialize(char *root)
 		}
 	}
 
-	strncpy(str, (root) ? root : PM_ROOT, PATH_MAX);
+	STRNCPY(str, (root) ? root : PM_ROOT, PATH_MAX);
 	/* add a trailing '/' if there isn't one */
 	if(str[strlen(str)-1] != '/') {
 		strcat(str, "/");