diff --git a/Include/import.h b/Include/import.h
index 05ad7f0..a6e2857 100644
--- a/Include/import.h
+++ b/Include/import.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyNullImporter_Type;
 PyAPI_DATA(struct _inittab *) PyImport_Inittab;
 
-PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyImport_AppendInittab(char *name, void (*initfunc)(void));
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyImport_AppendInittab(const char *name, void (*initfunc)(void));
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyImport_ExtendInittab(struct _inittab *newtab);
 
 struct _frozen {
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index b39cb18..5e42e5c 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -3382,7 +3382,7 @@
 
 	memset(newtab, '\0', sizeof newtab);
 
-	newtab[0].name = name;
+	newtab[0].name = (char *)name;
 	newtab[0].initfunc = initfunc;
 
 	return PyImport_ExtendInittab(newtab);