diff --git a/vendored/libfuse/lib/xalloc.hpp b/vendored/libfuse/lib/xalloc.hpp
index 6219135d..5027eb35 100644
--- a/vendored/libfuse/lib/xalloc.hpp
+++ b/vendored/libfuse/lib/xalloc.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ xstrdup_impl(const char     *s_,
 {
   char *p;
 
+  if(p == NULL)
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr,
+              "mergerfs: strdup failed - file: %s; line: %u\n",
+              file_,
+              line_);
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
   p = strdup(s_);
   if(p == NULL)
     {