diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ffcb7a547..9ac51694a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNC(
 )
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(prctl mallinfo getpass closefrom getpwnam_r getgrnam_r getpwuid_r)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(fmemopen funopen)
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/sockio.h glob.h net/if_tun.h linux/fib_rules.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(net/pfkeyv2.h netipsec/ipsec.h netinet6/ipsec.h linux/udp.h)
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/utils.c b/src/libstrongswan/utils/utils.c
index 30084cd81..3a535c5a2 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/utils.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/utils.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "collections/enumerator.h"
 #include "utils/debug.h"
+#include "utils/chunk.h"
 
 ENUM(status_names, SUCCESS, NEED_MORE,
 	"SUCCESS",
@@ -513,6 +514,51 @@ _cas_impl(ptr, void*)
 
 #endif /* HAVE_GCC_ATOMIC_OPERATIONS */
 
+
+#if HAVE_FMEMOPEN == fallback
+
+static int fmemread(chunk_t *cookie, char *buf, int size)
+{
+	int len;
+
+	len = min(size, cookie->len);
+	memcpy(buf, cookie->ptr, len);
+	*cookie = chunk_skip(*cookie, len);
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+static int fmemwrite(chunk_t *cookie, const char *buf, int size)
+{
+	int len;
+
+	len = min(size, cookie->len);
+	memcpy(cookie->ptr, buf, len);
+	*cookie = chunk_skip(*cookie, len);
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+static int fmemclose(void *cookie)
+{
+	free(cookie);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+FILE *fmemopen(void *buf, size_t size, const char *mode)
+{
+	chunk_t *cookie;
+
+	INIT(cookie,
+		.ptr = buf,
+		.len = size,
+	);
+
+	return funopen(cookie, (void*)fmemread, (void*)fmemwrite, NULL, fmemclose);
+}
+
+#endif /* FMEMOPEN fallback*/
+
 /**
  * Described in header.
  */
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/utils.h b/src/libstrongswan/utils/utils.h
index 5c237a7f2..2cbab5b46 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/utils.h
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/utils.h
@@ -765,6 +765,21 @@ bool cas_ptr(void **ptr, void *oldval, void *newval);
 
 #endif /* HAVE_GCC_ATOMIC_OPERATIONS */
 
+#ifndef HAVE_FMEMOPEN
+# ifdef HAVE_FUNOPEN
+#  define HAVE_FMEMOPEN fallback
+/**
+ * fmemopen(3) fallback using BSD funopen.
+ *
+ * We could also provide one using fopencookie(), but should we have it we
+ * most likely have fmemopen().
+ *
+ * fseek() is currently not supported.
+ */
+FILE *fmemopen(void *buf, size_t size, const char *mode);
+# endif /* FUNOPEN */
+#endif /* FMEMOPEN */
+
 /**
  * printf hook for time_t.
  *