diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index 93ee27c4..90695966 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ Encode the given string in-place by adding %XX escapes
       }
    }
    *pd = '\0';
-   strlcpy(ps, str, size);
+   strlcpy(ps, (char *)str, size);
 }
 
 void url_slash_encode(char *ps, int size)
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ Do the same including '/' characters
       }
    }
    *pd = '\0';
-   strlcpy(ps, str, size);
+   strlcpy(ps, (char *)str, size);
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ Encode the given string in-place by adding \\ escapes for `$"\
       }
    }
    *pd = '\0';
-   strlcpy(ps, str, size);
+   strlcpy(ps, (char *)str, size);
 }
 
 void btou(char *str)