diff --git a/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.c b/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.c
index 94e4b00f638a..05ead32c7183 100644
--- a/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.c
+++ b/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	struct stat sb;
 	int base64;
 	int ch;
-	char *outfile;
+	const char *outfile;
 
 	base64 = 0;
 	outfile = NULL;