diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fd27ec7..36920ae 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-26  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
+
+	* pkg.c (verify_package): Use strncmp when checking for
+	the -I prefix.
+
 2002-09-19  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* configure.in: 0.13
diff --git a/pkg.c b/pkg.c
index 8b57d5d..b9e5707 100644
--- a/pkg.c
+++ b/pkg.c
@@ -801,8 +801,8 @@ verify_package (Package *pkg)
       /* we put things in canonical -I/usr/include (vs. -I /usr/include) format,
        * but if someone changes it later we may as well be robust
        */
-      if (((strcmp (iter->data, "-I") == 0) && (offset = 2))||
-          ((strcmp (iter->data, "-I ") == 0) && (offset = 3)))
+      if (((strncmp (iter->data, "-I", 2) == 0) && (offset = 2))||
+          ((strncmp (iter->data, "-I ", 3) == 0) && (offset = 3)))
         {
 	  if (offset == 0)
 	    {