diff --git a/lib/libc/strlen.c b/lib/libc/strlen.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+size_t strlen(const char *s)
+{
+	const char *cursor = s;
+
+	while (*cursor)
+		cursor++;
+
+	return cursor - s;
+}