diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll b/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll
index 82998e9ccbc..7ec66b3a2e9 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ private import implementations.Strftime
 private import implementations.Strtok
 private import implementations.Strset
 private import implementations.Strcrement
+private import implementations.Strnextc
 private import implementations.StdContainer
 private import implementations.StdPair
 private import implementations.StdMap
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/implementations/Strnextc.qll b/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/implementations/Strnextc.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc8ac17b5f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/implementations/Strnextc.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * Provides implementation classes modeling `strnextc` and various similar functions.
+ * See `semmle.code.cpp.models.Models` for usage information.
+ */
+
+import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.ArrayFunction
+import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Taint
+import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Alias
+import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.SideEffect
+
+/**
+ * The function `strnextc` and its variants.
+ */
+private class Strnextc extends TaintFunction, ArrayFunction, AliasFunction, SideEffectFunction {
+  Strnextc() { this.hasGlobalName(["_strnextc", "_wcsnextc", "_mbsnextc", "_mbsnextc_l"]) }
+
+  override predicate hasTaintFlow(FunctionInput input, FunctionOutput output) {
+    input.isParameterDeref(0) and output.isReturnValue()
+  }
+
+  override predicate hasArrayWithNullTerminator(int bufParam) { bufParam = 0 }
+
+  override predicate hasArrayInput(int bufParam) { bufParam = 0 }
+
+  override predicate parameterNeverEscapes(int index) { index = 0 }
+
+  override predicate parameterEscapesOnlyViaReturn(int index) { none() }
+
+  override predicate parameterIsAlwaysReturned(int index) { none() }
+
+  override predicate hasOnlySpecificReadSideEffects() { any() }
+
+  override predicate hasOnlySpecificWriteSideEffects() { any() }
+
+  override predicate hasSpecificReadSideEffect(ParameterIndex i, boolean buffer) {
+    i = 0 and buffer = true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/taint-tests/localTaint.expected b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/taint-tests/localTaint.expected
index b0eabbf5ca9..9f038101d67 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/taint-tests/localTaint.expected
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/taint-tests/localTaint.expected
@@ -6032,6 +6032,16 @@
 | taint.cpp:616:26:616:30 | clean | taint.cpp:616:10:616:16 | call to _strdec | TAINT |
 | taint.cpp:617:7:617:11 | ref arg dest3 | taint.cpp:618:8:618:12 | dest3 |  |
 | taint.cpp:618:8:618:12 | dest3 | taint.cpp:618:7:618:12 | * ... | TAINT |
+| taint.cpp:625:33:625:38 | source | taint.cpp:628:17:628:22 | source |  |
+| taint.cpp:628:7:628:15 | call to _strnextc | taint.cpp:628:3:628:25 | ... = ... |  |
+| taint.cpp:628:7:628:15 | call to _strnextc | taint.cpp:629:8:629:8 | c |  |
+| taint.cpp:628:7:628:15 | call to _strnextc | taint.cpp:630:10:630:10 | c |  |
+| taint.cpp:628:17:628:22 | source | taint.cpp:628:17:628:24 | ... ++ |  |
+| taint.cpp:628:17:628:24 | ... ++ | taint.cpp:628:7:628:15 | call to _strnextc | TAINT |
+| taint.cpp:628:17:628:24 | ... ++ | taint.cpp:628:17:628:22 | source | TAINT |
+| taint.cpp:631:6:631:14 | call to _strnextc | taint.cpp:631:2:631:18 | ... = ... |  |
+| taint.cpp:631:6:631:14 | call to _strnextc | taint.cpp:632:7:632:7 | c |  |
+| taint.cpp:631:16:631:17 |  | taint.cpp:631:6:631:14 | call to _strnextc | TAINT |
 | vector.cpp:16:43:16:49 | source1 | vector.cpp:17:26:17:32 | source1 |  |
 | vector.cpp:16:43:16:49 | source1 | vector.cpp:31:38:31:44 | source1 |  |
 | vector.cpp:17:21:17:33 | call to vector | vector.cpp:19:14:19:14 | v |  |
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/taint-tests/taint.cpp b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/taint-tests/taint.cpp
index 91024f543bd..44d84c0c0b0 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/taint-tests/taint.cpp
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/taint-tests/taint.cpp
@@ -616,4 +616,18 @@ void test__strdec(const unsigned char* source, unsigned char* clean, unsigned ch
 	dest3 = _strdec(source, clean);
 	sink(dest3); // $ ast,ir
 	sink(*dest3); // $ ast,ir
+}
+
+// --- strnextc ---
+
+unsigned int _strnextc(const char*);
+
+void test__strnextc(const char* source) {
+	unsigned c = 0;
+	do {
+		c = _strnextc(source++);
+		sink(c); // $ ast,ir
+	} while(c != '\0');
+	c = _strnextc("");
+	sink(c);
 }
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