diff --git a/include/ucore/string.h b/include/ucore/string.h
index a8f22be..b60eac9 100644
--- a/include/ucore/string.h
+++ b/include/ucore/string.h
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ char* uc_sprintbs(char *result, unsigned short value);
 
 /** Like http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man3/getfields.html
  */
-int getfields(char *str, char **args, int max, int mflag, const char *sep);
-int gettokens(char *str, char **args, int max, const char *sep);
+int uc_getfields(char *str, char **args, int max, int mflag, const char *sep);
+int uc_gettokens(char *str, char **args, int max, const char *sep);
 
 //Converts bytes to a human representable test, (i.e. 12kB, 160 MB 1.78 GB etc.)
 ///result should be at least of size 12,
diff --git a/src/cmd/cmd.c b/src/cmd/cmd.c
index 960ddd6..9734873 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cmd.c
+++ b/src/cmd/cmd.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ uc_cmd_tokenize(struct UCCmdTokenizer *t, const char *cmd, const char *delim)
         delim = "\r\n\t\v ";
     }
 
-    t->num_words = getfields(t->cmd_copy, 
+    t->num_words = uc_getfields(t->cmd_copy, 
                              t->cmd_words, 
                              ARRAY_SIZE(t->cmd_words), 
                              1, 
diff --git a/src/getfields.c b/src/getfields.c
index 504ffdb..091232e 100644
--- a/src/getfields.c
+++ b/src/getfields.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "ucore/string.h"
 
 int
-getfields(char *str, char **args, int max, int mflag, const char *set)
+uc_getfields(char *str, char **args, int max, int mflag, const char *set)
 {
     char r;
     int intok, narg;
diff --git a/src/gettokens.c b/src/gettokens.c
index 7c6c9a4..967463e 100644
--- a/src/gettokens.c
+++ b/src/gettokens.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static char *qtoken(char *s, const char *sep)
    return t; 
 }
 
-int gettokens(char *str, char **args, int maxargs, const char *sep)
+int uc_gettokens(char *str, char **args, int maxargs, const char *sep)
 {
     int nargs;
 
diff --git a/test/test_string.c b/test/test_string.c
index d573b42..13c28ca 100644
--- a/test/test_string.c
+++ b/test/test_string.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ START_TEST (test_getfields)
    char str[] = "a;b;c";
    char *letters[5] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = getfields(str, letters, 5, 0, ";");
+   int rc = uc_getfields(str, letters, 5, 0, ";");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 3);
     
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ START_TEST (test_getfields_consecutive)
    char str[] = "a;;b;c;;;";
    char *letters[7] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = getfields(str, letters, 5, 0, ";");
+   int rc = uc_getfields(str, letters, 5, 0, ";");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 5);
 
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ START_TEST (test_getfields_mflag)
    char str[] = "a;b;c";
    char *letters[5] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = getfields(str, letters, 5, 1, ";");
+   int rc = uc_getfields(str, letters, 5, 1, ";");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 3);
     
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ START_TEST (test_getfields_consecutive_mflag)
    char str[] = "a;;b;c;;;";
    char *letters[7] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = getfields(str, letters, 7, 1, ";");
+   int rc = uc_getfields(str, letters, 7, 1, ";");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 3);
 
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ START_TEST (test_getfields_too_many)
    char str[] = "a\r\nb\r\nc\r\nd\r\ne";
    char *letters[4] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = getfields(str, letters, 4, 0, "\r\n");
+   int rc = uc_getfields(str, letters, 4, 0, "\r\n");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 4);
 
  // This result is rather silly, but it's 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ START_TEST (test_getfields_too_many_mflag)
    char str[] = "a\r\nb\r\nc\r\nd\r\ne";
    char *letters[4] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = getfields(str, letters, 4, 1, "\r\n");
+   int rc = uc_getfields(str, letters, 4, 1, "\r\n");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 4);
 
    ck_assert_str_eq("a", letters[0]);
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ START_TEST (test_getfields_empty)
    char str[] = "";
    char *letters[4] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = getfields(str, letters, 4, 0, ";\r\n");
+   int rc = uc_getfields(str, letters, 4, 0, ";\r\n");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 1);
    ck_assert_str_eq("", letters[0]);
 
-   rc = getfields(str, letters, 4, 1, ";\r\n");
+   rc = uc_getfields(str, letters, 4, 1, ";\r\n");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 0);
 
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ START_TEST (test_gettokens)
    char str[] = "a;b;c";
    char *letters[5] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = gettokens(str, letters, 5,";");
+   int rc = uc_gettokens(str, letters, 5,";");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 3);
     
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ START_TEST (test_gettokens_consecutive)
    char str[] = "a;;;b;;c;";
    char *letters[5] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = gettokens(str, letters, 5,";");
+   int rc = uc_gettokens(str, letters, 5,";");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 3);
     
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ START_TEST (test_gettokens_empty)
    char str[] = "";
    char *letters[5] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = gettokens(str, letters, 5,";");
+   int rc = uc_gettokens(str, letters, 5,";");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 0);
 
 END_TEST
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ START_TEST (test_gettokens_quotes)
    char str[] = "\"abc\";d;\"e \"";
    char *letters[5] = {NULL}; 
 
-   int rc = gettokens(str, letters, 5,";");
+   int rc = uc_gettokens(str, letters, 5,";");
    ck_assert_int_eq(rc, 3);
 
    ck_assert_str_eq("abc", letters[0]);