diff --git a/vlib/builtin/string.v b/vlib/builtin/string.v
index 02061b7d0a..b756a61321 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/string.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/string.v
@@ -1015,9 +1015,11 @@ pub fn (s string) repeat(count int) string {
 	if count <= 1 {
 		return s
 	}
-	ret := malloc(s.len * count + 1)
-	for _ in 0..count {
-		C.strcat(ret, s.str)
+	mut ret := malloc(s.len * count + 1)
+	for i in 0..count {
+		for j in 0..s.len {
+			ret[i*s.len + j] = s[j]
+		}
 	}
 	return string(ret)
 }