diff --git a/unix/mkerrors.sh b/unix/mkerrors.sh
index be0423e68..315646271 100755
--- a/unix/mkerrors.sh
+++ b/unix/mkerrors.sh
@@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ main(void)
 		e = errors[i].num;
 		if(i > 0 && errors[i-1].num == e)
 			continue;
-		strcpy(buf, strerror(e));
+		strncpy(buf, strerror(e), sizeof(buf) - 1);
+		buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
 		// lowercase first letter: Bad -> bad, but STREAM -> STREAM.
 		if(A <= buf[0] && buf[0] <= Z && a <= buf[1] && buf[1] <= z)
 			buf[0] += a - A;
@@ -760,7 +761,8 @@ main(void)
 		e = signals[i].num;
 		if(i > 0 && signals[i-1].num == e)
 			continue;
-		strcpy(buf, strsignal(e));
+		strncpy(buf, strsignal(e), sizeof(buf) - 1);
+		buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
 		// lowercase first letter: Bad -> bad, but STREAM -> STREAM.
 		if(A <= buf[0] && buf[0] <= Z && a <= buf[1] && buf[1] <= z)
 			buf[0] += a - A;