diff --git a/src/odt.c b/src/odt.c
index 6316bd0..489bdc4 100644
--- a/src/odt.c
+++ b/src/odt.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extractTemplateDocument(const char* const templateFilename, const char* const te
     pid_t child_pid;
     if ((child_pid = fork()) == 0) {
         /* you are the child */
-        char* const args[] = { "unzip", "-d", tempDir, templateFilename, NULL };
+        char* const args[] = { "unzip", "-d", (char* const)tempDir, (char* const)templateFilename, NULL };
         freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout);
         execvp("unzip", args);
         perror("execvp");
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ removeDirectory(const char* const tempDir) {
     pid_t child_pid;
     if ((child_pid = fork()) == 0) {
         /* you are the child */
-        char* const args[] = { "rm", "-rf", tempDir, NULL };
+        char* const args[] = { "rm", "-rf", (char* const)tempDir, NULL };
         freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout);
         execvp("rm", args);
         perror("execvp");