diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 3c6e544dc9..decc1e03e3 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ if(UNIX)
 	list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS -D_GNU_SOURCE)
 	check_function_exists("memmem"           HAVE_MEMMEM)
 	check_function_exists("strcasestr"       HAVE_STRCASESTR)
+	check_function_exists("vasprintf"        HAVE_VASPRINTF)
 	cmake_pop_check_state()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmakeconfig.h.in b/cmakeconfig.h.in
index c88d6453b8..8ed1662cf3 100644
--- a/cmakeconfig.h.in
+++ b/cmakeconfig.h.in
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@
 /* Define if you have the 'strcasestr' function. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_STRCASESTR 1
 
+/* Define if you have the 'vasprintf' function. */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_VASPRINTF 1
+
 /* Define to 1 if `st_birthtime' is a member of `struct stat'. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BIRTHTIME 1
 
diff --git a/wsutil/wmem/wmem_strutl.c b/wsutil/wmem/wmem_strutl.c
index 48b0e88561..dfc7271ef7 100644
--- a/wsutil/wmem/wmem_strutl.c
+++ b/wsutil/wmem/wmem_strutl.c
@@ -8,22 +8,13 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  */
-
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include "config.h"
+#include "wmem_strutl.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
 #include <stdio.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <glib.h>
-#include <glib/gprintf.h>
-
-#include "wmem_core.h"
-#include "wmem_allocator.h"
-#include "wmem_strutl.h"
+#include <errno.h>
 
 gchar *
 wmem_strdup(wmem_allocator_t *allocator, const gchar *src)
@@ -71,6 +62,22 @@ wmem_strdup_printf(wmem_allocator_t *allocator, const gchar *fmt, ...)
     return dst;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_VASPRINTF
+static char *
+_strdup_vasprintf(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    char *str = NULL;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = vasprintf(&str, fmt, ap);
+    if (ret == -1 && errno == ENOMEM) {
+        /* Out of memory. We have to mimic GLib here and abort. */
+        g_error("%s: failed to allocate memory", G_STRLOC);
+    }
+    return str;
+}
+#endif /* HAVE_VASPRINTF */
+
 #define WMEM_STRDUP_VPRINTF_DEFAULT_BUFFER 256
 char *
 wmem_strdup_vprintf(wmem_allocator_t *allocator, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
@@ -81,6 +88,12 @@ wmem_strdup_vprintf(wmem_allocator_t *allocator, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
     char *new_buf;
     size_t new_buf_size;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_VASPRINTF
+    if (allocator == NULL) {
+        return _strdup_vasprintf(fmt, ap);
+    }
+#endif
+
     va_copy(ap2, ap);
     needed_len = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap2);
     va_end(ap2);
diff --git a/wsutil/wmem/wmem_strutl.h b/wsutil/wmem/wmem_strutl.h
index 531867ac86..dceeb32bdc 100644
--- a/wsutil/wmem/wmem_strutl.h
+++ b/wsutil/wmem/wmem_strutl.h
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 #ifndef __WMEM_STRUTL_H__
 #define __WMEM_STRUTL_H__
 
-#include <string.h>
+#include <wireshark.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
-#include <glib.h>
+#include "wmem_core.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {