diff --git a/libc/arch-mips/string/mips_strlen.c b/libc/arch-mips/string/mips_strlen.c
index 45fc4b4..f1465f2 100644
--- a/libc/arch-mips/string/mips_strlen.c
+++ b/libc/arch-mips/string/mips_strlen.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #endif
 
 size_t
-strlen (const char *_a)
+strlen (const char *_a) __overloadable
 {
   int cnt = 0;
   unsigned x;