diff --git a/net-irc/unrealircd/files/unrealircd-3.2.8.1-libstrl.patch b/net-irc/unrealircd/files/unrealircd-3.2.8.1-libstrl.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-irc/unrealircd/files/unrealircd-3.2.8.1-libstrl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Author: Nathan Phillip Brink <ohnobinki@ohnopublishing.net>
+Date: 2010/11/27
+
+Use libstrl for the strlcat(), strlcpy(), and strnlen() functions.
+
+--- a/Makefile.in	Sat Nov 27 09:44:06 2010 -0500
++++ b/Makefile.in	Sat Nov 27 10:40:23 2010 -0500
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
+ #
+ 
+ #XCFLAGS=-O -g -export-dynamic
+-IRCDLIBS=@IRCDLIBS@ @TRE_LIBS@ @CARES_LIBS@
++IRCDLIBS=@IRCDLIBS@ @TRE_LIBS@ @CARES_LIBS@ @LIBSTRL_LIBS@
+ CRYPTOLIB=@CRYPTOLIB@
+ OPENSSLINCLUDES=
+ 
+diff -r 4e2567f3035d -r d3c0a7a3b171 autoconf/configure.in
+--- a/autoconf/configure.in	Sat Nov 27 09:44:06 2010 -0500
++++ b/autoconf/configure.in	Sat Nov 27 10:40:23 2010 -0500
+@@ -261,9 +261,14 @@
+ AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(snprintf,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SNPRINTF))
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(vsnprintf,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VSNPRINTF))
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strlcpy, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRLCPY))
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strlcat, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRLCAT))
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strlncat, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRLNCAT))
++
++PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBSTRL], [libstrl >= 0.2])
++LIBS="$LIBS $LIBSTRL_LIBS"
++CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $LIBSTRL_CFLAGS"
++AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRLCPY)
++AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRLCAT)
++
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(inet_pton, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INET_PTON))
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(inet_ntop, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INET_NTOP))
+ dnl Check if it supports C99 style variable length arrays