diff --git a/lib/ssluse.c b/lib/ssluse.c
index 1125bc41b..4f51e31db 100644
--- a/lib/ssluse.c
+++ b/lib/ssluse.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static int Get_SSL_Session(struct connectdata *conn,
     if(!check->sessionid)
       /* not session ID means blank entry */
       continue;
-    if(strequal(conn->name, check->name) &&
+    if(curl_strequal(conn->name, check->name) &&
        (conn->remote_port == check->remote_port) ) {
       /* yes, we have a session ID! */
       data->state.sessionage++;            /* increase general age */
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ cert_hostcheck(const char *certname, const char *hostname)
      !strlen(hostname)) /* sanity check */
     return 0;
 
-  if(strequal(certname, hostname)) /* trivial case */
+  if(curl_strequal(certname, hostname)) /* trivial case */
     return 1;
 
   certdomain = certname + 1;
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ cert_hostcheck(const char *certname, const char *hostname)
   if(tmp) {
     /* ok the certname's domain matches the hostname, let's check that it's a
        tail-match */
-    if(strequal(tmp, certdomain))
+    if(curl_strequal(tmp, certdomain))
       /* looks like a match. Just check we havent swallowed a '.' */
       return tmp == strchr(hostname, '.');
     else
diff --git a/lib/telnet.c b/lib/telnet.c
index fae4926cd..a6b74bace 100644
--- a/lib/telnet.c
+++ b/lib/telnet.c
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ static int check_telnet_options(struct connectdata *conn)
               option_keyword, option_arg) == 2) {
 
       /* Terminal type */
-      if(strequal(option_keyword, "TTYPE")) {
+      if(curl_strequal(option_keyword, "TTYPE")) {
         strncpy(tn->subopt_ttype, option_arg, 31);
         tn->subopt_ttype[31] = 0; /* String termination */
         tn->us_preferred[TELOPT_TTYPE] = YES;
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static int check_telnet_options(struct connectdata *conn)
       }
 
       /* Display variable */
-      if(strequal(option_keyword, "XDISPLOC")) {
+      if(curl_strequal(option_keyword, "XDISPLOC")) {
         strncpy(tn->subopt_xdisploc, option_arg, 127);
         tn->subopt_xdisploc[127] = 0; /* String termination */
         tn->us_preferred[TELOPT_XDISPLOC] = YES;
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static int check_telnet_options(struct connectdata *conn)
       }
 
       /* Environment variable */
-      if(strequal(option_keyword, "NEW_ENV")) {
+      if(curl_strequal(option_keyword, "NEW_ENV")) {
         buf = strdup(option_arg);
         if(!buf)
           return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 16cde8852..4e6f8aed4 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1104,10 +1104,10 @@ static ParameterError getparameter(char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
     int fnam=strlen(word);
     int numhits=0;
     for(j=0; j< sizeof(aliases)/sizeof(aliases[0]); j++) {
-      if(strnequal(aliases[j].lname, word, fnam)) {
+      if(curl_strnequal(aliases[j].lname, word, fnam)) {
         longopt = TRUE;
         numhits++;
-        if(strequal(aliases[j].lname, word)) {
+        if(curl_strequal(aliases[j].lname, word)) {
           parse = aliases[j].letter;
           hit = j;
           numhits = 1; /* a single unique hit */
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ static ParameterError getparameter(char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
       break;
     case 'C':
       /* This makes us continue an ftp transfer at given position */
-      if(!strequal(nextarg, "-")) {
+      if(!curl_strequal(nextarg, "-")) {
         config->resume_from= atoi(nextarg);
         config->resume_from_current = FALSE;
       }
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ static ParameterError getparameter(char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
 
           nextarg++; /* pass the @ */
 
-          if(strequal("-", nextarg))
+          if(curl_strequal("-", nextarg))
             file = stdin;
           else 
             file = fopen(nextarg, "rb");
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ static ParameterError getparameter(char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
     case 'T':
       /* we are uploading */
       config->conf |= CONF_UPLOAD;
-      if(!strequal("-", nextarg))
+      if(!curl_strequal("-", nextarg))
         /* make - equal stdin */
         GetStr(&config->infile, nextarg);
       break;
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ static ParameterError getparameter(char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
            or - (stdin) follows */
         FILE *file;
         nextarg++; /* pass the @ */
-        if(strequal("-", nextarg))
+        if(curl_strequal("-", nextarg))
           file = stdin;
         else 
           file = fopen(nextarg, "r");
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ int my_trace(CURL *handle, curl_infotype type,
 
   if(!config->trace_stream) {
     /* open for append */
-    if(strequal("-", config->trace_dump))
+    if(curl_strequal("-", config->trace_dump))
       config->trace_stream = stdout;
     else {
       config->trace_stream = fopen(config->trace_dump, "w");
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
   config->create_dirs=FALSE;
 
   if(argc>1 &&
-     (!strnequal("--", argv[1], 2) && (argv[1][0] == '-')) &&
+     (!curl_strnequal("--", argv[1], 2) && (argv[1][0] == '-')) &&
      strchr(argv[1], 'q')) {
     /*
      * The first flag, that is not a verbose name, but a shortname
@@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
       
       char *flag = argv[i];
 
-      if(strequal("--", argv[i]))
+      if(curl_strequal("--", argv[i]))
 	/* this indicates the end of the flags and thus enables the
 	   following (URL) argument to start with -. */
 	stillflags=FALSE;
@@ -2553,7 +2553,7 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
     /* save outfile pattern before expansion */
     outfiles = urlnode->outfile?strdup(urlnode->outfile):NULL;
 
-    if ((!outfiles || strequal(outfiles, "-")) && urlnum > 1) {
+    if ((!outfiles || curl_strequal(outfiles, "-")) && urlnum > 1) {
       /* multiple files extracted to stdout, insert separators! */
       separator = 1;
     }
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
       outfile = outfiles?strdup(outfiles):NULL;
  
       if((urlnode->flags&GETOUT_USEREMOTE) ||
-         (outfile && !strequal("-", outfile)) ) {
+         (outfile && !curl_strequal("-", outfile)) ) {
 
         /* 
          * We have specified a file name to store the result in, or we have
@@ -2946,7 +2946,7 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
         fprintf(config->errors, "curl: (%d) %s\n", res, errorbuffer);
 #endif
 
-      if (outfile && !strequal(outfile, "-") && outs.stream)
+      if (outfile && !curl_strequal(outfile, "-") && outs.stream)
         fclose(outs.stream);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_UTIME
diff --git a/src/writeout.c b/src/writeout.c
index 0864bed8a..5a7628998 100644
--- a/src/writeout.c
+++ b/src/writeout.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void ourWriteOut(CURL *curl, char *writeinfo)
           keepit=*end;
           *end=0; /* zero terminate */
           for(i=0; replacements[i].name; i++) {
-            if(strequal(ptr, replacements[i].name)) {
+            if(curl_strequal(ptr, replacements[i].name)) {
               switch(replacements[i].id) {
               case VAR_EFFECTIVE_URL:
                 if((CURLE_OK ==