diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
index 2c2a36af3..2f8a7187c 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ char *whitelist[] = {
 	"tzset",
 	"inet_ntoa",
 	"strerror",
+	"getprotobyname",
 	"getprotobynumber",
 	"getservbyport",
 	"getservbyname",