diff --git a/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h b/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
index 98f7aecd03..d01e6fb175 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ static INLINE bool string_is_equal(const char *a, const char *b)
    return (*(const unsigned char*)a - *(const unsigned char*)b) == 0;
 }
 
+static INLINE bool string_is_not_equal(const char *a, const char *b)
+{
+   return !string_is_equal(a, b);
+}
+
 #define string_is_not_equal_fast(a, b, size) (memcmp(a, b, size) != 0)
 #define string_is_equal_fast(a, b, size) (memcmp(a, b, size) == 0)