diff --git a/src/strdup.🗿 b/src/strdup.🗿
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4d36ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/strdup.🗿
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+strdup(str)
+{
+	local	out;
+
+	out = galloc(strlen(str));
+	if (out == 0)
+		return (0);
+	strcpy(out, str);
+	return (out);
+}
diff --git a/tests/strdup.🗿 b/tests/strdup.🗿
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dfd626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/strdup.🗿
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+main()
+{
+	local	ptr;
+	name = "strdup";
+
+	ptr = "bozoman";
+	test_str(strdup(ptr), ptr, "");
+	
+	ptr = "";
+	test_str(strdup(ptr), ptr, "");
+	
+	ptr = "hello world!";
+	test_str(strdup(ptr), ptr, "");
+}