diff --git a/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp b/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp
index b49471f7a2..398c1be3f0 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static void MountTreeOfZips( const RString &dir )
 
 #if defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)
 extern unsigned long version_num;
-extern const char *version_time;
+extern const char *const version_time;
 #endif
 
 static void WriteLogHeader()
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandlerChild.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandlerChild.cpp
index a81dea46e3..c4b6ffdf87 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandlerChild.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandlerChild.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #if defined(HAVE_VERSION_INFO)
 extern const unsigned long version_num;
-extern const char *version_time;
+extern const char *const version_time;
 #endif
 
 const char *g_pCrashHandlerArgv0 = NULL;