diff --git a/src/ircd_lexer.l b/src/ircd_lexer.l
index 77cd44cc..c30b17ca 100644
--- a/src/ircd_lexer.l
+++ b/src/ircd_lexer.l
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ char *current_file = conffilebuf;
 
 FILE *inc_fbfile_in[MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH];
 
-char linebuf[512];
+char yy_linebuf[16384];
 
 #undef YY_INPUT
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ include   \.include{ws}(\<.*\>|\".*\")
 %%
 {include}       { cinclude(); }
 "/*"            { ccomment(); }
-\n.*            { strcpy(linebuf, yytext+1); lineno++; yyless(1); }
+\n.*            { rb_strlcpy(yy_linebuf, yytext+1, sizeof(yy_linebuf)); lineno++; yyless(1); }
 
 {ws}            ;
 {comment}       { hashcomment(); }
diff --git a/src/s_conf.c b/src/s_conf.c
index d6da365d..3b432c50 100644
--- a/src/s_conf.c
+++ b/src/s_conf.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 struct config_server_hide ConfigServerHide;
 
 extern int yyparse(void);		/* defined in y.tab.c */
-extern char linebuf[];
+extern char yy_linebuf[16384];		/* defined in ircd_lexer.l */
 
 #ifndef INADDR_NONE
 #define INADDR_NONE ((unsigned int) 0xffffffff)
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ yyerror(const char *msg)
 {
 	char newlinebuf[BUFSIZE];
 
-	strip_tabs(newlinebuf, linebuf, strlen(linebuf));
+	strip_tabs(newlinebuf, yy_linebuf, strlen(yy_linebuf));
 
 	ierror("\"%s\", line %d: %s at '%s'", conffilebuf, lineno + 1, msg, newlinebuf);
 	sendto_realops_snomask(SNO_GENERAL, L_ALL, "\"%s\", line %d: %s at '%s'",