diff --git a/ioengines.c b/ioengines.c
index 6a5073c..96a9636 100644
--- a/ioengines.c
+++ b/ioengines.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	struct ioengine_ops *ops, *ret;
 	void *dlhandle;
 
-	strcpy(engine, name);
+	strncpy(engine, name, sizeof(engine) - 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * linux libaio has alias names, so convert to what we want
diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index ae8d0d9..9f2ee0d 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 		char tmp[128];
 		char *p1, *p2;
 
-		strcpy(tmp, ptr);
+		strncpy(tmp, ptr, sizeof(tmp) - 1);
 
 		p1 = strchr(tmp, '-');
 		if (!p1) {
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
 	char *pre, *post;
 	char tmp[64];
 
-	strcpy(tmp, opt);
+	strncpy(tmp, opt, sizeof(tmp) - 1);
 
 	pre = strchr(tmp, '=');
 	if (pre) {
diff --git a/stat.c b/stat.c
index 518d14d..0ae19b2 100644
--- a/stat.c
+++ b/stat.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 {
 	struct fio_file *f;
 	struct stat st;
-	char foo[256], tmp[256];
+	char foo[PATH_MAX], tmp[PATH_MAX];
 	dev_t dev;
 	char *p;
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * must be a file, open "." in that path
 		 */
-		strcpy(foo, f->file_name);
+		strncpy(foo, f->file_name, PATH_MAX - 1);
 		p = dirname(foo);
 		if (stat(p, &st)) {
 			perror("disk util stat");
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 			log_err("unknown sysfs layout\n");
 			return;
 		}
-		strcpy(tmp, p);
+		strncpy(tmp, p, PATH_MAX - 1);
 		sprintf(foo, "%s", tmp);
 	}