diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7c8f6322..0e550fed 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$WASI" = "x"],[
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([posix_memalign nanosleep])
 
 AS_IF([test "x$WASI" = "x"],[
-  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset_s explicit_bzero explicit_memset])
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset_s explicit_bzero memset_explicit explicit_memset])
 ])
 
 AC_SUBST([LIBTOOL_EXTRA_FLAGS])
diff --git a/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c b/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c
index 9b54fd64..64ecbfd2 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/sodium/utils.c
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ sodium_memzero(void * const pnt, const size_t len)
     }
 #elif defined(HAVE_EXPLICIT_BZERO)
     explicit_bzero(pnt, len);
+#elif defined(HAVE_MEMSET_EXPLICIT)
+    memset_explicit(pnt, 0, len);
 #elif defined(HAVE_EXPLICIT_MEMSET)
     explicit_memset(pnt, 0, len);
 #elif HAVE_WEAK_SYMBOLS