diff --git a/build/make/obj_int_extract.c b/build/make/obj_int_extract.c
index feed9d9830498111d1f2270d5619326b6bcde262..495e9d7fa7239e25b6fb945815949c350bb7afa2 100644
--- a/build/make/obj_int_extract.c
+++ b/build/make/obj_int_extract.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ bail:
   return 1;
 }
 
-char *parse_elf_string_table(elf_obj_t *elf, int s_idx, int idx) {
+const char *parse_elf_string_table(elf_obj_t *elf, int s_idx, int idx) {
   if (elf->bits == 32) {
     Elf32_Shdr shdr;