diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
index f41b38cafce80b..9deb56a702ce74 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ extern void error(char *);
 #  define Tracecv(c,x)
 #endif
 
+/* Not needed, but used in some headers pulled in by decompressors */
+extern char * strstr(const char * s1, const char *s2);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP
 #include "../../../../lib/decompress_inflate.c"
 #endif