diff --git a/src/uifc/uifc.h b/src/uifc/uifc.h
index 90b2aed26f9ec0cc0536bfd69c43c056b1b17204..ae68c8e869ee34cd1289b03f61330a60a65ee992 100644
--- a/src/uifc/uifc.h
+++ b/src/uifc/uifc.h
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ typedef struct {
 /* Shows a scrollable text buffer - optionally parsing "help markup codes"	*/
 /****************************************************************************/
 	void	(*showbuf)(int mode, int left, int top, int width, int height
-							,char *title, char *hbuf, int *curp, int *barp);
+							,const char *title, char *hbuf, int *curp, int *barp);
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 /* Updates time in upper left corner of screen with current time in ASCII/  */
diff --git a/src/uifc/uifc32.c b/src/uifc/uifc32.c
index 32bc93670db0f743d20a831d4707452e3e3abe1b..d4a1ef25ca8007b2034a9e7e8e06e1d947a81448 100644
--- a/src/uifc/uifc32.c
+++ b/src/uifc/uifc32.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static BOOL confirm(char *fmt, ...);
 static BOOL deny(char *fmt, ...);
 static void upop(const char *str);
 static void sethelp(int line, char* file);
-static void showbuf(int mode, int left, int top, int width, int height, char *title
+static void showbuf(int mode, int left, int top, int width, int height, const char *title
 	, char *hbuf, int *curp, int *barp);
 
 /* Dynamic menu support */