diff --git a/libc/arch-arm64/arm64.mk b/libc/arch-arm64/arm64.mk
index a0eb95417..76c610a72 100644
--- a/libc/arch-arm64/arm64.mk
+++ b/libc/arch-arm64/arm64.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ libc_common_src_files_arm64 := \
     bionic/memchr.c \
     bionic/__memcmp16.cpp \
     bionic/memcmp.c \
-    bionic/memcpy.c \
+    bionic/memcpy.cpp \
     bionic/memmove.c \
     bionic/memrchr.c \
     bionic/memset.c \
diff --git a/libc/arch-x86_64/x86_64.mk b/libc/arch-x86_64/x86_64.mk
index 9171c50f6..9bce065b3 100644
--- a/libc/arch-x86_64/x86_64.mk
+++ b/libc/arch-x86_64/x86_64.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ libc_common_src_files_x86_64 := \
     bionic/index.cpp \
     bionic/memchr.c \
     bionic/memcmp.c \
-    bionic/memcpy.c \
+    bionic/memcpy.cpp \
     bionic/memmove.c \
     bionic/memrchr.c \
     bionic/memset.c \
diff --git a/libc/bionic/__memcmp16.cpp b/libc/bionic/__memcmp16.cpp
index bee0df162..eb3a08b80 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/__memcmp16.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/__memcmp16.cpp
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 // Unoptimized version of __memcmp16.
-int __memcmp16(const unsigned short *ptr1, const unsigned short *ptr2, size_t n) {
-
+extern "C" int __memcmp16(const unsigned short* lhs, const unsigned short* rhs, size_t n) {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-    if (*ptr1 != *ptr2) {
-      return *ptr1 - *ptr2;
+    if (*lhs != *rhs) {
+      return *lhs - *rhs;
     }
-    ptr1++;
-    ptr2++;
+    lhs++;
+    rhs++;
   }
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libc/bionic/memcpy.c b/libc/bionic/memcpy.cpp
similarity index 82%
rename from libc/bionic/memcpy.c
rename to libc/bionic/memcpy.cpp
index dea78b2d9..d527e85a3 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/memcpy.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/memcpy.cpp
@@ -25,5 +25,14 @@
  * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
-#define MEMCOPY
-#include "bcopy.c"
+
+#undef _FORTIFY_SOURCE
+#include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+
+// Our unoptimized memcpy just calls the best bcopy available.
+// (It's this way round rather than the opposite because we're based on BSD source.)
+void* memcpy(void* dst, const void* src, size_t n) {
+  bcopy(src, dst, n);
+  return dst;
+}