diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
index 2b0be1661..6bf4d63cd 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/leak_detective.c
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ char *whitelist[] = {
 	"setpwent",
 	"endpwent",
 	"getspnam_r",
+	"getpwuid_r",
+	"initgroups",
 	/* ignore dlopen, as we do not dlclose to get proper leak reports */
 	"dlopen",
 	"dlerror",