diff --git a/gzlib.c b/gzlib.c
index ca55c6e..b021372 100644
--- a/gzlib.c
+++ b/gzlib.c
@@ -208,7 +208,11 @@ local gzFile gz_open(path, fd, mode)
             *(state->path) = 0;
     else
 #endif
+#if !defined(NO_snprintf) && !defined(NO_vsnprintf)
+        snprintf(state->path, len + 1, "%s", (const char *)path);
+#else
         strcpy(state->path, path);
+#endif
 
     /* compute the flags for open() */
     oflag =
@@ -284,7 +288,11 @@ gzFile ZEXPORT gzdopen(fd, mode)
 
     if (fd == -1 || (path = malloc(7 + 3 * sizeof(int))) == NULL)
         return NULL;
+#if !defined(NO_snprintf) && !defined(NO_vsnprintf)
+    snprintf(path, 7 + 3 * sizeof(int), "<fd:%d>", fd); /* for debugging */
+#else
     sprintf(path, "<fd:%d>", fd);   /* for debugging */
+#endif
     gz = gz_open(path, fd, mode);
     free(path);
     return gz;
@@ -594,9 +602,14 @@ void ZLIB_INTERNAL gz_error(state, err, msg)
         state->msg = (char *)"out of memory";
         return;
     }
+#if !defined(NO_snprintf) && !defined(NO_vsnprintf)
+    snprintf(state->msg, strlen(state->path) + strlen(msg) + 3,
+             "%s%s%s", state->path, ": ", msg);
+#else
     strcpy(state->msg, state->path);
     strcat(state->msg, ": ");
     strcat(state->msg, msg);
+#endif
     return;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/minigzip.c b/test/minigzip.c
index aa7ac7a..0a1f81f 100644
--- a/test/minigzip.c
+++ b/test/minigzip.c
@@ -463,8 +463,12 @@ void file_compress(file, mode)
         exit(1);
     }
 
+#if !defined(NO_snprintf) && !defined(NO_vsnprintf)
+    snprintf(outfile, sizeof(outfile), "%s%s", file, GZ_SUFFIX);
+#else
     strcpy(outfile, file);
     strcat(outfile, GZ_SUFFIX);
+#endif
 
     in = fopen(file, "rb");
     if (in == NULL) {
@@ -499,7 +503,11 @@ void file_uncompress(file)
         exit(1);
     }
 
+#if !defined(NO_snprintf) && !defined(NO_vsnprintf)
+    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s", file);
+#else
     strcpy(buf, file);
+#endif
 
     if (len > SUFFIX_LEN && strcmp(file+len-SUFFIX_LEN, GZ_SUFFIX) == 0) {
         infile = file;
@@ -508,7 +516,11 @@ void file_uncompress(file)
     } else {
         outfile = file;
         infile = buf;
+#if !defined(NO_snprintf) && !defined(NO_vsnprintf)
+        snprintf(buf + len, sizeof(buf) - len, "%s", GZ_SUFFIX);
+#else
         strcat(infile, GZ_SUFFIX);
+#endif
     }
     in = gzopen(infile, "rb");
     if (in == NULL) {
@@ -546,7 +558,11 @@ int main(argc, argv)
     gzFile file;
     char *bname, outmode[20];
 
+#if !defined(NO_snprintf) && !defined(NO_vsnprintf)
+    snprintf(outmode, sizeof(outmode), "%s", "wb6 ");
+#else
     strcpy(outmode, "wb6 ");
+#endif
 
     prog = argv[0];
     bname = strrchr(argv[0], '/');