diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 96393354..e76e7446 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ libshadow_la_SOURCES = \
 	string/sprintf/stpeprintf.h \
 	string/sprintf/xasprintf.c \
 	string/sprintf/xasprintf.h \
+	string/strchr/strchrcnt.c \
+	string/strchr/strchrcnt.h \
 	string/strchr/stpspn.c \
 	string/strchr/stpspn.h \
 	string/strchr/strnul.c \
diff --git a/lib/string/strchr/strchrcnt.c b/lib/string/strchr/strchrcnt.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..793b2add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/string/strchr/strchrcnt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "string/strchr/strchrcnt.h"
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+
+extern inline size_t strchrcnt(const char *s, char c);
diff --git a/lib/string/strchr/strchrcnt.h b/lib/string/strchr/strchrcnt.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a1923ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/string/strchr/strchrcnt.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+
+#ifndef SHADOW_INCLUDE_LIB_STRING_STRCHR_STRCHRCNT_H_
+#define SHADOW_INCLUDE_LIB_STRING_STRCHR_STRCHRCNT_H_
+
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include "attr.h"
+#include "string/strcmp/streq.h"
+
+
+ATTR_STRING(1)
+inline size_t strchrcnt(const char *s, char c);
+
+
+inline size_t
+strchrcnt(const char *s, char c)
+{
+	size_t  n = 0;
+
+	for (; !streq(s, ""); s++) {
+		if (*s == c)
+			n++;
+	}
+
+	return n;
+}
+
+
+#endif  // include guard