diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c76c2a0f3..38b968878 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ \
 	sysinfo \
 	timegm \
 	usleep \
+	vwarnx \
 	warn \
 	warnx \
 ])
diff --git a/sys-utils/ldattach.c b/sys-utils/ldattach.c
index eb04b5e33..d33d68535 100644
--- a/sys-utils/ldattach.c
+++ b/sys-utils/ldattach.c
@@ -137,11 +137,15 @@ static void dbg(char *fmt, ...)
 	if (debug == 0)
 		return;
 	fflush(NULL);
-	fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", program_invocation_short_name);
 	va_start(args, fmt);
+#ifdef HAVE_VWARNX
+	vwarnx(fmt, args);
+#else
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", program_invocation_short_name);
 	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
-	va_end(args);
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+#endif
+	va_end(args);
 	fflush(NULL);
 	return;
 }
@@ -252,7 +256,7 @@ static int my_cfsetspeed(struct termios *ts, int speed)
 
 static void handler(int s)
 {
-	dbg("got SIG %i -> exiting\n", s);
+	dbg("got SIG %i -> exiting", s);
 	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }