2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/common/stringop.c b/common/stringop.c
index 8c8e9aa2..7fb3fe12 100644
--- a/common/stringop.c
+++ b/common/stringop.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ char *lenient_strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t len) {
 }
 
 // strcmp that also handles null pointers.
-int lenient_strcmp(char *a, char *b) {
+int lenient_strcmp(const char *a, const char *b) {
         if (a == b) {
                 return 0;
         } else if (!a) {
diff --git a/include/stringop.h b/include/stringop.h
index e3f4f0f7..8d7089e9 100644
--- a/include/stringop.h
+++ b/include/stringop.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ char *lenient_strcat(char *dest, const char *src);
 char *lenient_strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t len);
 
 // strcmp that also handles null pointers.
-int lenient_strcmp(char *a, char *b);
+int lenient_strcmp(const char *a, const char *b);
 
 // Simply split a string with delims, free with `list_free_items_and_destroy`
 list_t *split_string(const char *str, const char *delims);