diff --git a/src/tools/autocomplete.c b/src/tools/autocomplete.c
index 84fa9e16..ad1b10df 100644
--- a/src/tools/autocomplete.c
+++ b/src/tools/autocomplete.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ autocomplete_complete(Autocomplete ac, const gchar* search_str, gboolean quote,
             FREE_SET_NULL(ac->search_str);
         }
 
-        ac->search_str = strdup(search_str);
+        ac->search_str = g_strdup(search_str);
         found = _search(ac, ac->items, quote, NEXT);
 
         return found;