diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/string.h b/newlib/libc/include/string.h
index 4e0e15162..75de50351 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/string.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/string.h
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ char	*_EXFUN(strsignal, (int __signo));
 int	_EXFUN(strtosigno, (const char *__name));
 #endif
 
+#if __GNU_VISIBLE
+int	 _EXFUN(strverscmp,(const char *, const char *));
+#endif
+
 #if __GNU_VISIBLE && defined(__GNUC__)
 #define strdupa(__s) \
 	(__extension__ ({const char *__in = (__s); \
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/Makefile.am b/newlib/libc/string/Makefile.am
index e1f7f3bb8..bb5a78fe6 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/Makefile.am
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/Makefile.am
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ ELIX_4_SOURCES = \
 	strcasecmp_l.c \
 	strcoll_l.c \
 	strncasecmp_l.c \
+	strverscmp.c \
 	strxfrm_l.c \
 	wcscasecmp.c \
 	wcscasecmp_l.c \
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ wcswidth.def	wcsxfrm.def	wcwidth.def	wmemchr.def \
 wmemcmp.def	wmemcpy.def	wmemmove.def	wmemset.def \
 memmem.def	memrchr.def	rawmemchr.def	strchrnul.def \
 strcasecmp_l.def strcoll_l.def	strncasecmp_l.def strxfrm_l.def \
-wcscasecmp_l.def wcscoll_l.def	wcsncasecmp_l.def wcsxfrm_l.def
+wcscasecmp_l.def wcscoll_l.def	wcsncasecmp_l.def wcsxfrm_l.def \
+strverscmp.def
 
 CHAPTERS = strings.tex wcstrings.tex
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/Makefile.in b/newlib/libc/string/Makefile.in
index 2c995d264..bd330e481 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/Makefile.in
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/Makefile.in
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ am__objects_1 = lib_a-bcopy.$(OBJEXT) lib_a-bzero.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	lib_a-strcasecmp_l.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	lib_a-strcoll_l.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	lib_a-strncasecmp_l.$(OBJEXT) \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	lib_a-strverscmp.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	lib_a-strxfrm_l.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	lib_a-wcscasecmp.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	lib_a-wcscasecmp_l.$(OBJEXT) \
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ am__objects_4 = bcopy.lo bzero.lo explicit_bzero.lo index.lo memchr.lo \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strcasecmp_l.lo \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strcoll_l.lo \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strncasecmp_l.lo \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strverscmp.lo \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strxfrm_l.lo \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	wcscasecmp.lo \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	wcscasecmp_l.lo \
@@ -441,6 +443,7 @@ GENERAL_SOURCES = \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strcasecmp_l.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strcoll_l.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strncasecmp_l.c \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strverscmp.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	strxfrm_l.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	wcscasecmp.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_2_FALSE@@ELIX_LEVEL_3_FALSE@	wcscasecmp_l.c \
@@ -488,7 +491,8 @@ wcswidth.def	wcsxfrm.def	wcwidth.def	wmemchr.def \
 wmemcmp.def	wmemcpy.def	wmemmove.def	wmemset.def \
 memmem.def	memrchr.def	rawmemchr.def	strchrnul.def \
 strcasecmp_l.def strcoll_l.def	strncasecmp_l.def strxfrm_l.def \
-wcscasecmp_l.def wcscoll_l.def	wcsncasecmp_l.def wcsxfrm_l.def
+wcscasecmp_l.def wcscoll_l.def	wcsncasecmp_l.def wcsxfrm_l.def \
+strverscmp.def
 
 CHAPTERS = strings.tex wcstrings.tex
 all: all-am
@@ -1100,6 +1104,12 @@ lib_a-strncasecmp_l.o: strncasecmp_l.c
 lib_a-strncasecmp_l.obj: strncasecmp_l.c
 	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-strncasecmp_l.obj `if test -f 'strncasecmp_l.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'strncasecmp_l.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/strncasecmp_l.c'; fi`
 
+lib_a-strverscmp.o: strverscmp.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-strverscmp.o `test -f 'strverscmp.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`strverscmp.c
+
+lib_a-strverscmp.obj: strverscmp.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-strverscmp.obj `if test -f 'strverscmp.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'strverscmp.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/strverscmp.c'; fi`
+
 lib_a-strxfrm_l.o: strxfrm_l.c
 	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-strxfrm_l.o `test -f 'strxfrm_l.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`strxfrm_l.c
 
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex b/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex
index 2df5faf58..96fdefc81 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ managing areas of memory.  The corresponding declarations are in
 * strstr::      Find string segment
 * strtok::      Get next token from a string
 * strupr::	Convert string to upper case
+* strverscmp::  Compare version strings
 * strxfrm::     Transform string
 * swab::        Swap adjacent bytes
 * wcscasecmp::  Compare wide character strings ignoring case
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strverscmp.c b/newlib/libc/string/strverscmp.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83f053222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strverscmp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+FUNCTION
+	<<strverscmp>>---version string compare
+
+INDEX
+	strverscmp
+
+ANSI_SYNOPSIS
+	#define _GNU_SOURCE
+	#include <string.h>
+	int strverscmp(const char *<[a]>, const char *<[b]>);
+
+TRAD_SYNOPSIS
+	#define _GNU_SOURCE
+	#include <string.h>
+	int strverscmp(<[a]>, <[b]>)
+	char *<[a]>;
+	char *<[b]>;
+
+DESCRIPTION
+	<<strverscmp>> compares the string at <[a]> to
+	the string at <[b]> in a version-logical order.
+
+RETURNS
+
+	If <<*<[a]>>> version-sorts after <<*<[b]>>>, <<strverscmp>> returns
+	a number greater than zero.  If the two strings match, <<strverscmp>>
+	returns zero.  If <<*<[a]>>> version-sorts before <<*<[b]>>>,
+	<<strverscmp>> returns a number less than zero.
+
+PORTABILITY
+<<strverscmp>> is a GNU extension.
+
+<<strverscmp>> requires no supporting OS subroutines. It uses
+isdigit() from elsewhere in this library.
+
+QUICKREF
+	strverscmp
+*/
+
+/*
+From musl src/string/strverscmp.c
+
+Copyright © 2005-2014 Rich Felker, et al.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int strverscmp(const char *l0, const char *r0)
+{
+	const unsigned char *l = (const void *)l0;
+	const unsigned char *r = (const void *)r0;
+	size_t i, dp, j;
+	int z = 1;
+
+	/* Find maximal matching prefix and track its maximal digit
+	 * suffix and whether those digits are all zeros. */
+	for (dp=i=0; l[i]==r[i]; i++) {
+		int c = l[i];
+		if (!c) return 0;
+		if (!isdigit(c)) dp=i+1, z=1;
+		else if (c!='0') z=0;
+	}
+
+	if (l[dp]!='0' && r[dp]!='0') {
+		/* If we're not looking at a digit sequence that began
+		 * with a zero, longest digit string is greater. */
+		for (j=i; isdigit(l[j]); j++)
+			if (!isdigit(r[j])) return 1;
+		if (isdigit(r[j])) return -1;
+	} else if (z && dp<i && (isdigit(l[i]) || isdigit(r[i]))) {
+		/* Otherwise, if common prefix of digit sequence is
+		 * all zeros, digits order less than non-digits. */
+		return (unsigned char)(l[i]-'0') - (unsigned char)(r[i]-'0');
+	}
+
+	return l[i] - r[i];
+}
