diff --git a/winpr/include/winpr/string.h b/winpr/include/winpr/string.h
index 9f7c487c1..579fc02ad 100644
--- a/winpr/include/winpr/string.h
+++ b/winpr/include/winpr/string.h
@@ -427,9 +427,23 @@ extern "C"
 	WINPR_API INT64 GetLine(char** lineptr, size_t* size, FILE* stream);
 
 #if !defined(WINPR_HAVE_STRNDUP)
+	WINPR_ATTR_MALLOC(free, 1)
 	WINPR_API char* strndup(const char* s, size_t n);
 #endif
 
+	/** @brief WCHAR version of \b strndup
+	 *  creates a copy of a \b WCHAR string of \b n characters length. The copy will always be \b \0
+	 * terminated
+	 *
+	 *  @param s The \b WCHAR string to copy
+	 *  @param n The numer of WCHAR to copy
+	 *
+	 *  @return An allocated copy of \b s, always \b \0 terminated
+	 *  @since version 3.10.0
+	 */
+	WINPR_ATTR_MALLOC(free, 1)
+	WINPR_API WCHAR* wcsndup(const WCHAR* s, size_t n);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/winpr/libwinpr/crt/string.c b/winpr/libwinpr/crt/string.c
index f5427a4ee..b8049d5b2 100644
--- a/winpr/libwinpr/crt/string.c
+++ b/winpr/libwinpr/crt/string.c
@@ -834,3 +834,15 @@ const WCHAR* InitializeConstWCharFromUtf8(const char* str, WCHAR* buffer, size_t
 	(void)ConvertUtf8ToWChar(str, buffer, len);
 	return buffer;
 }
+
+WCHAR* wcsndup(const WCHAR* s, size_t n)
+{
+	if (!s)
+		return NULL;
+
+	WCHAR* copy = calloc(n + 1, sizeof(WCHAR));
+	if (!copy)
+		return NULL;
+	memcpy(copy, s, n * sizeof(WCHAR));
+	return copy;
+}