diff --git a/lib/Bytecode/Writer/Writer.cpp b/lib/Bytecode/Writer/Writer.cpp
index 16a291a..ea5159b 100644
--- a/lib/Bytecode/Writer/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lib/Bytecode/Writer/Writer.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 /// @brief The bytecode version number
 const unsigned BCVersionNum = 7;
 
-const char WriteBytecodePass::ID = 0;
+char WriteBytecodePass::ID = 0;
 static RegisterPass<WriteBytecodePass> X("emitbytecode", "Bytecode Writer");
 
 STATISTIC(BytesWritten, "Number of bytecode bytes written");