diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7286a0d5109fea70863a79bbfb9b1c861b4f1b01..c2b27aae9412cc3402a4f040e4a03795d093bf78 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ uninstall-all: _uninstall
 menuselect: build_tools/menuselect makeopts.xml
 	-@build_tools/menuselect ${GLOBAL_MAKEOPTS} ${USER_MAKEOPTS} menuselect.makeopts && echo "menuselect changes saved!" || echo "menuselect changes NOT saved!"
 
-build_tools/menuselect: build_tools/menuselect.c build_tools/menuselect_curses.c build_tools/menuselect.h mxml/libmxml.a include/autoconfig.h
+build_tools/menuselect: build_tools/menuselect.c build_tools/menuselect_curses.c build_tools/menuselect.h include/autoconfig.h strcompat.o mxml/libmxml.a
 	$(MAKE) -C build_tools menuselect
 
 mxml/libmxml.a:
diff --git a/build_tools/Makefile b/build_tools/Makefile
index 77190315addc5f1ff297ef3fe788f2d303f87b06..7f4d8b4ec39debc55cc3d07321a8bf1f5b65859b 100644
--- a/build_tools/Makefile
+++ b/build_tools/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MENUSELECT_OBJS=menuselect.o menuselect_curses.o
+MENUSELECT_OBJS=menuselect.o menuselect_curses.o ../strcompat.o
 MENUSELECT_CFLAGS=-g -c -D_GNU_SOURCE -I../ -I../include/
 MENUSELECT_LIBS=../mxml/libmxml.a $(CURSES_LIB)