diff --git a/src/bin/embryo/embryo_cc_sc1.c b/src/bin/embryo/embryo_cc_sc1.c
index 2b9fc8cc86..ff998e77b3 100644
--- a/src/bin/embryo/embryo_cc_sc1.c
+++ b/src/bin/embryo/embryo_cc_sc1.c
@@ -1610,7 +1610,8 @@ decl_enum(int vclass)
     * tag was set) */
    if (lex(&lexval, &str) == tSYMBOL)
      {				/* read in (new) token */
-	strcpy(enumname, str);	/* save enum name (last constant) */
+	strncpy(enumname, str, sizeof(enumname) - 1);	/* save enum name (last constant) */
+        enumname[sizeof(enumname) - 1] = 0;
 	if (!explicittag)
 	   tag = sc_addtag(enumname);
      }