diff --git a/src.x11/xcmds.c b/src.x11/xcmds.c
index 644996b..a0242c2 100644
--- a/src.x11/xcmds.c
+++ b/src.x11/xcmds.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static Boolean FunChangeList (
     text[i] = 0;
 
     /* change list */
-    XawListChange( arg->sel->list, (const char **)text, 0, 0, True );
+    XawListChange( arg->sel->list, (String *)text, 0, 0, True );
 
     /* clear old text */
     for ( i = 0;  arg->sel->text[i];  i++ )