diff --git a/src/common/xpmdecod.cpp b/src/common/xpmdecod.cpp
index 18597dd3c1..5d873d8ee9 100644
--- a/src/common/xpmdecod.cpp
+++ b/src/common/xpmdecod.cpp
@@ -550,7 +550,11 @@ static bool GetRGBFromName(const char *inname, bool *isNone,
         return true;
     }
 
+#ifdef __WXWINCE__
+    name = _strdup(inname);
+#else
     name = strdup(inname);
+#endif
 
     // theRGBRecords[] has no names with spaces, and no grey, but a
     // lot of gray...