diff --git a/lib/libc/minimal/include/string.h b/lib/libc/minimal/include/string.h
index 0b97c0fe39c..3ef8c512d75 100644
--- a/lib/libc/minimal/include/string.h
+++ b/lib/libc/minimal/include/string.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern "C" {
 extern char  *strcpy(char *_Restrict d, const char *_Restrict s);
 extern char  *strncpy(char *_Restrict d, const char *_Restrict s, size_t n);
 extern char  *strchr(const char *s, int c);
+extern char  *strrchr(const char *s, int c);
 extern size_t strlen(const char *s);
 extern int    strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
 extern int    strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);
diff --git a/lib/libc/minimal/source/string/string.c b/lib/libc/minimal/source/string/string.c
index 7a18e1a609a..793c10bf222 100644
--- a/lib/libc/minimal/source/string/string.c
+++ b/lib/libc/minimal/source/string/string.c
@@ -84,6 +84,26 @@ char *strchr(const char *s, int c)
 	return (*s == tmp) ? (char *) s : NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @brief String scanning operation
+ *
+ * @return pointer to last instance of found byte, or NULL if not found
+ */
+
+char *strrchr(const char *s, int c)
+{
+	char *match = NULL;
+
+	do {
+		if (*s == (char)c) {
+			match = (char *)s;
+		}
+	} while (*s++);
+
+	return match;
+}
+
 /**
  *
  * @brief Get string length