diff --git a/tools/spatch/remove-gstrcmp.spatch b/tools/spatch/remove-gstrcmp.spatch
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tools/spatch/remove-gstrcmp.spatch
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+@@
+expression E,D;
+@@
+- g_strcmp0(E,D) == 0
++ lasso_strisequal(E,D)
+
+@@
+expression E,D;
+@@
+- g_strcmp0(E,D) != 0
++ lasso_strisnotequal(E,D)
+
+@@
+@@
+
+- lasso_is_empty_string
++ lasso_strisempty