diff --git a/sc2/ChangeLog b/sc2/ChangeLog
index fc2be7fcd..cf1e52eda 100644
--- a/sc2/ChangeLog
+++ b/sc2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Changes towards version 0.8:
+- Fixed unconst(), from Scott A. Colcord
 - Fixes to a few small bugs in UIO which shouldn't have had an impact on
   UQM, but would in the future, from Alex
 - Allow F6 as a default alternate search key, from related projects.
diff --git a/sc2/src/libs/misc.h b/sc2/src/libs/misc.h
index 56fbc222f..39333a220 100644
--- a/sc2/src/libs/misc.h
+++ b/sc2/src/libs/misc.h
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ static inline void explode (void)
 static inline void *
 unconst(const void *arg) {
 	union {
-		char *c;
-		const char *cc;
+		void *c;
+		const void *cc;
 	} u;
 	u.cc = arg;
 	return u.c;
diff --git a/sc2/src/libs/uio/uioutils.h b/sc2/src/libs/uio/uioutils.h
index 309cc1681..d64cb584b 100644
--- a/sc2/src/libs/uio/uioutils.h
+++ b/sc2/src/libs/uio/uioutils.h
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ char *dosToUnixPath(const char *path);
 static inline void *
 unconst(const void *arg) {
 	union {
-		char *c;
-		const char *cc;
+		void *c;
+		const void *cc;
 	} u;
 	u.cc = arg;
 	return u.c;