diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc1.c b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc1.c
index 1f2073cbc8..0e3949257b 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc1.c
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc1.c
@@ -697,7 +697,11 @@ setconfig(char *root)
 
    /* add the default "include" directory */
    if (root != NULL)
-      strcpy(path, root);	/* path + filename (hopefully) */
+     {
+	/* path + filename (hopefully) */
+	strncpy(path, root, sizeof(path) - 1);
+	path[sizeof(path) - 1] = 0;
+     }
 /* terminate just behind last \ or : */
    if ((ptr = strrchr(path, DIRSEP_CHAR)) != NULL
        || (ptr = strchr(path, ':')) != NULL)
@@ -708,7 +712,10 @@ setconfig(char *root)
 	 * to the list in that case 
 	 */
 	*(ptr + 1) = '\0';
-	strcat(path, "include");
+	if (strlen(path) < (sizeof(path) - 1 - 7))
+	  {
+	     strcat(path, "include");
+	  }
 	len = strlen(path);
 	path[len] = DIRSEP_CHAR;
 	path[len + 1] = '\0';