diff --git a/src/cmdline.c b/src/cmdline.c
index 4880879df2..769ec50f0f 100644
--- a/src/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/cmdline.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int cmdline_run(const char **argv, int argc)
 	 * a null pointer in the array. Because of this, AppKit in OS X 10.10 will
 	 * dereference it, causing a segmentation fault.
 	 */
-	const char** mutableArgv = malloc(argvsize);
+	char** mutableArgv = malloc(argvsize);
 	memcpy(mutableArgv,argv,argvsize);
 	argc = argparse_parse(&argparse, argc, mutableArgv);