diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/CrashHandlerChild.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/CrashHandlerChild.cpp
index 01fbe5e19e..3eb67f5b1a 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/CrashHandlerChild.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/CrashHandlerChild.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #endif
 
 extern unsigned long version_num;
-extern const char *version_time;
+extern const char *const version_time;
 
 // VDI symbol lookup:
 namespace VDDebugInfo
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/verinc.c b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/verinc.c
index 0dd95bcf7b..b980e6f580 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/verinc.c
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/verinc.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ int main(void) {
 	if (f=fopen("verstub.cpp","w")) {
 		fprintf(f,
 			"unsigned long version_num = %ld;\n"
-			"const char *version_time = \"%s\";\n"
+			"extern const char *const version_time = \"%s\";\n"
 			,build
 			,s);
 		fclose(f);
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/verinc.exe b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/verinc.exe
index 47b4c2a256..92393aef47 100644
Binary files a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/verinc.exe and b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/verinc.exe differ