1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/strings.c b/miscutils/strings.c
index 036df5c5d..bd1850cbb 100644
--- a/miscutils/strings.c
+++ b/miscutils/strings.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 int strings_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int strings_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
-        int n, c, status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        int n, c;
+        exitcode_t status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
         unsigned count;
         off_t offset;
         FILE *file;