diff --git a/Objects/funcobject.c b/Objects/funcobject.c
index 85cef6f..d0e3a25 100644
--- a/Objects/funcobject.c
+++ b/Objects/funcobject.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
 	PyObject *closure = Py_None;
 	PyFunctionObject *newfunc;
 	int nfree, nclosure;
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"code", "globals", "name",
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"code", "globals", "name",
 				 "argdefs", "closure", 0};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O!O!|OOO:function",