diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 2ffa469dae7..d910b016d76 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ void bind(int fd, const std::string & path)
             std::string base(baseNameOf(path));
             if (base.size() + 1 >= sizeof(addr.sun_path))
                 throw Error("socket path '%s' is too long", base);
-            strcpy(addr.sun_path, base.c_str());
+            memcpy(addr.sun_path, base.c_str(), base.size() + 1);
             if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1)
                 throw SysError("cannot bind to socket '%s'", path);
             _exit(0);
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ void bind(int fd, const std::string & path)
         if (status != 0)
             throw Error("cannot bind to socket '%s'", path);
     } else {
-        strcpy(addr.sun_path, path.c_str());
+        memcpy(addr.sun_path, path.c_str(), path.size() + 1);
         if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1)
             throw SysError("cannot bind to socket '%s'", path);
     }
@@ -1748,7 +1748,7 @@ void connect(int fd, const std::string & path)
             std::string base(baseNameOf(path));
             if (base.size() + 1 >= sizeof(addr.sun_path))
                 throw Error("socket path '%s' is too long", base);
-            strcpy(addr.sun_path, base.c_str());
+            memcpy(addr.sun_path, base.c_str(), base.size() + 1);
             if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1)
                 throw SysError("cannot connect to socket at '%s'", path);
             _exit(0);
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ void connect(int fd, const std::string & path)
         if (status != 0)
             throw Error("cannot connect to socket at '%s'", path);
     } else {
-        strcpy(addr.sun_path, path.c_str());
+        memcpy(addr.sun_path, path.c_str(), path.size() + 1);
         if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1)
             throw SysError("cannot connect to socket at '%s'", path);
     }