diff --git a/src/bin/e_fm/e_fm_ipc.c b/src/bin/e_fm/e_fm_ipc.c
index 178da3f99..1f62e4fac 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_fm/e_fm_ipc.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_fm/e_fm_ipc.c
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
 #define DEF_ROUND_TRIP_TOLERANCE 0.01
 #define DEF_MOD_BACKOFF          0.2
 
+#ifndef strdupa
+# define strdupa(str) strcpy(alloca(strlen(str) + 1), str)
+#endif
+
 typedef struct _E_Dir          E_Dir;
 typedef struct _E_Fop          E_Fop;
 typedef struct _E_Mod          E_Mod;
diff --git a/src/bin/e_fm_op.c b/src/bin/e_fm_op.c
index dc2a739b3..eb216346f 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_fm_op.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_fm_op.c
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ extern "C"
 void *alloca(size_t);
 #endif
 
-#ifndef strdupa
-# define strdupa(str) strcpy(alloca(strlen(str) + 1), str)
-#endif
-
 #include <math.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -48,6 +44,10 @@ void *alloca(size_t);
 #undef E_TYPEDEFS
 #include "e_fm_op.h"
 
+#ifndef strdupa
+# define strdupa(str) strcpy(alloca(strlen(str) + 1), str)
+#endif
+
 #define READBUFSIZE     65536
 #define COPYBUFSIZE     16384
 #define REMOVECHUNKSIZE 4096