diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/char_strings.i b/Examples/test-suite/char_strings.i
index 9a87df4e3..aa3b125ce 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/char_strings.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/char_strings.i
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ below.
 
 %{
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #define OTHERLAND_MSG "Little message from the safe world."
 #define CPLUSPLUS_MSG "A message from the deep dark world of C++, where anything is possible."
@@ -150,11 +151,11 @@ const char global_const_char_array2[sizeof(CPLUSPLUS_MSG)+1] = CPLUSPLUS_MSG;
 %inline {
   struct Formatpos;
   struct OBFormat;
-  
+
   static int GetNextFormat(Formatpos& itr, const  char*& str,OBFormat*& pFormat) {
     return 0;
   }
-  
+
 
 
 }
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/threads_exception.i b/Examples/test-suite/threads_exception.i
index 4708633db..776e84231 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/threads_exception.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/threads_exception.i
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 %}
 
 %{
+#include <string.h>
 struct A {};
 %}
 
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/varargs.i b/Examples/test-suite/varargs.i
index dd56cb073..b4143da7c 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/varargs.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/varargs.i
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 %varargs(int mode = 0) Foo::statictest(const char*fmt, ...);
 %varargs(2, int mode = 0) test_plenty(const char*fmt, ...);
 
+%{
+#include <string.h>
+%}
+
 %inline %{
 char *test(const char *fmt, ...) {
   return (char *) fmt;
diff --git a/Lib/cdata.i b/Lib/cdata.i
index e058fe28b..e82843b3a 100644
--- a/Lib/cdata.i
+++ b/Lib/cdata.i
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * SWIG library file containing macros for manipulating raw C data as strings.
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+%include <swigfragments.swg>
+
 %{
 typedef struct SWIGCDATA {
     char *data;
diff --git a/Lib/swig.swg b/Lib/swig.swg
index c215e8d89..d719a139c 100644
--- a/Lib/swig.swg
+++ b/Lib/swig.swg
@@ -442,10 +442,6 @@ namespace std {
  * Default char * and C array typemaps
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-%fragment("<string.h>", "runtime") %{
-#include <string.h>
-%}
-
 /* Set up the typemap for handling new return strings */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/Lib/swigfragments.swg b/Lib/swigfragments.swg
index 63bb6c8f4..a2b467bce 100644
--- a/Lib/swigfragments.swg
+++ b/Lib/swigfragments.swg
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #include <math.h>
 %}
 
+%fragment("<string.h>", "header") %{
+#include <string.h>
+%}
+
 %fragment("<stddef.h>", "header") %{
 #include <stddef.h>
 %}