diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 74dcbebdc..290197f73 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2002-01-29  Andrew V. Samoilov  <kai@cmail.ru>
 
 	* dir.c (handle_dirent): Use MSG_ERROR.
+	* charsets.c (translate_character): Use ICONV_CONST.
 
 2002-01-22  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/src/charsets.c b/src/charsets.c
index 19cb69fe5..72a3d1181 100644
--- a/src/charsets.c
+++ b/src/charsets.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static char translate_character( iconv_t cd, char c )
     char outbuf[4], *obuf;
     size_t ibuflen, obuflen, count;
 
-    char *ibuf = &c; 
+    ICONV_CONST char *ibuf = &c; 
     obuf = outbuf;
     ibuflen = 1; obuflen = 4;