diff --git a/hyptop/helper.h b/hyptop/helper.h
index 2b581756..2d304789 100644
--- a/hyptop/helper.h
+++ b/hyptop/helper.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include "lib/util_base.h"
+#include "lib/util_libc.h"
 #include "lib/zt_common.h"
 
 #define G0(x) MAX(0, (s64) (x))
diff --git a/hyptop/sd_core.c b/hyptop/sd_core.c
index d83ff2c4..f1cb6314 100644
--- a/hyptop/sd_core.c
+++ b/hyptop/sd_core.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ struct sd_cpu *sd_cpu_new(struct sd_sys *parent, const char *id,
 
 	cpu = ht_zalloc(sizeof(*cpu));
 	cpu->i.parent = parent;
-	strncpy(cpu->id, id, sizeof(cpu->id));
+	util_strlcpy(cpu->id, id, sizeof(cpu->id));
 	cpu->type = l_cpu_type_by_id(type);
 	cpu->d_cur = &cpu->d1;
 	cpu->cnt = cnt;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ struct sd_sys *sd_sys_new(struct sd_sys *parent, const char *id)
 	struct sd_sys *sys_new;
 
 	sys_new = ht_zalloc(sizeof(*sys_new));
-	strncpy(sys_new->id, id, sizeof(sys_new->id));
+	util_strlcpy(sys_new->id, id, sizeof(sys_new->id));
 	util_list_init(&sys_new->child_list, struct sd_sys, list);
 	util_list_init(&sys_new->cpu_list, struct sd_cpu, list);
 
diff --git a/hyptop/table.c b/hyptop/table.c
index e2de3812..a22754c7 100644
--- a/hyptop/table.c
+++ b/hyptop/table.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void l_mark_key_add(struct table *t, char *str)
 	struct table_mark_key *key;
 
 	key = ht_zalloc(sizeof(*key));
-	strncpy(key->str, str, sizeof(key->str));
+	util_strlcpy(key->str, str, sizeof(key->str));
 	util_list_add_tail(&t->mark_key_list, key);
 }
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ void table_row_select_key_get(struct table *t, char str[TABLE_STR_MAX])
 	struct table_row *row;
 
 	row = l_selected_row(t);
-	strncpy(str, row->entries[0].str, TABLE_STR_MAX);
+	util_strlcpy(str, row->entries[0].str, TABLE_STR_MAX);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/hyptop/tbox.c b/hyptop/tbox.c
index 515cb31e..861e98ce 100644
--- a/hyptop/tbox.c
+++ b/hyptop/tbox.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void l_print_line(const char *line)
 	char line_cpy[TBOX_MAX_STR + 1];
 	char *ptr_old, *ptr;
 
-	strncpy(line_cpy, line, sizeof(line_cpy));
+	util_strlcpy(line_cpy, line, sizeof(line_cpy));
 	ptr_old = ptr = line_cpy;
 	do {
 		ptr = strchr(ptr, '\\');
diff --git a/hyptop/win_sys.c b/hyptop/win_sys.c
index ec03e93d..15311309 100644
--- a/hyptop/win_sys.c
+++ b/hyptop/win_sys.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void win_sys_set(const char *sys_id)
 {
 	if (l_initialized)
 		table_reset(l_t);
-	strncpy(l_sys_id, sys_id, sizeof(l_sys_id));
+	util_strlcpy(l_sys_id, sys_id, sizeof(l_sys_id));
 }
 
 /*