diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b8e248c..db8c3f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ include make/libmsl.mk
 include make/liballoc.mk
 include make/libterminal.mk
 include make/libprocess.mk
+include make/libstring.mk
diff --git a/aux/devel.sh b/aux/devel.sh
index f8cd000..c4b591d 100755
--- a/aux/devel.sh
+++ b/aux/devel.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ make -B all_libmsl
 make -B all_liballoc
 make -B all_libprocess
 make -B all_libterminal
+make -B all_libstring
 make -B all_apps
 make -B all_dist
 ./aux/limine_iso_amd64.sh
diff --git a/aux/format.sh b/aux/format.sh
index 71bd892..39811ea 100755
--- a/aux/format.sh
+++ b/aux/format.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ make -B format_libmsl
 make -B format_libterminal
 make -B format_libprocess
 make -B format_liballoc
+make -B format_libstring
 make -B format_apps
diff --git a/init/Makefile b/init/Makefile
index 0efb681..ba46368 100644
--- a/init/Makefile
+++ b/init/Makefile
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ include ../make/ufuncs.mk
 $(eval $(call add_lib,libterminal))
 $(eval $(call add_lib,liballoc))
 $(eval $(call add_lib,libprocess))
+$(eval $(call add_lib,libstring))
 
 include ../make/user.mk
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index a629dee..32d5291 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <process/process.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <string/string.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <terminal/terminal.h>
 
 #define MUTEX 2000
diff --git a/libmsl/src.mk b/libmsl/src.mk
index 2d7c2af..b61f45d 100644
--- a/libmsl/src.mk
+++ b/libmsl/src.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 include $(platform)/src.mk
 include init/src.mk
 include m/src.mk
-include string/src.mk
diff --git a/libmsl/string/src.mk b/libmsl/string/src.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index c3ea4f1..0000000
--- a/libmsl/string/src.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-c += string/string.c
-
-o += string/string.o
diff --git a/libmsl/string/.gitignore b/libstring/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from libmsl/string/.gitignore
rename to libstring/.gitignore
diff --git a/libstring/Makefile b/libstring/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..598af92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libstring/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+cc := clang
+o :=
+c :=
+cflags  := -isystem . -isystem ../libmsl
+buildtype ?= release
+
+include src.mk
+include ../generic/flags.mk
+include ../$(platform)/flags.mk
+
+all: build/libstring.a
+
+build/libstring.a: $(o)
+	llvm-ar rcs $@ $^
+
+%.o: %.c
+	$(cc) -c -o $@ $(cflags) $<
+
+%.o: %.S
+	$(cc) -c -o $@ $(cflags) $<
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(o) build/libstring.a
+
+format:
+	clang-format -i $$(git ls-files '*.c' '*.h')
+
+.PHONY: all clean format
diff --git a/libstring/src.mk b/libstring/src.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4a67c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libstring/src.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+c += string.c
+
+o += string.o
diff --git a/libmsl/string/string.c b/libstring/string.c
similarity index 97%
rename from libmsl/string/string.c
rename to libstring/string.c
index 76ca357..5abfd33 100644
--- a/libmsl/string/string.c
+++ b/libstring/string.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <string/string.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 size_t memset (void* dst, uint8_t b, size_t n) {
   uint8_t* dst1 = dst;
diff --git a/libmsl/string/string.h b/libstring/string.h
similarity index 74%
rename from libmsl/string/string.h
rename to libstring/string.h
index f679a13..3ab38ca 100644
--- a/libmsl/string/string.h
+++ b/libstring/string.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef _LIBMSL_STRING_STRING_H
-#define _LIBMSL_STRING_STRING_H
+#ifndef _LIBSTRING_STRING_H
+#define _LIBSTRING_STRING_H
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ void strncpy (char* dst, const char* src, size_t n);
 size_t strlen (const char* str);
 int memcmp (const void* s1, const void* s2, size_t n);
 
-#endif // _LIBMSL_STRING_STRING_H
+#endif // _LIBSTRING_STRING_H
diff --git a/make/libstring.mk b/make/libstring.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7323c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/libstring.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+all_libstring:
+	make -C libstring platform=$(platform) all
+
+clean_libstring:
+	make -C libstring platform=$(platform) clean
+
+format_libstring:
+	make -C libstring platform=$(platform) format
+
+.PHONY: all_libstring clean_libstring format_libstring