diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index 4df09f9f..2de6f248 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -5377,7 +5377,7 @@ sprintf (FullPath, "%s%s", directory, filename);
 if ((dname[strlen (dname) - 1] == '/') || (dname[strlen (dname) - 1] == '\\'))
     dname[strlen (dname) - 1] = '\0';
 if ((!stat (dname, &deststat)) && (deststat.st_mode & S_IFDIR)) {
-    char *dslash = (strrchr (dname, '/') ? "/" : (strrchr (dname, '\\') ? "\\" : "/"));
+    const char *dslash = (strrchr (dname, '/') ? "/" : (strrchr (dname, '\\') ? "\\" : "/"));
 
     dname[sizeof (dname) - 1] = '\0';
     snprintf (&dname[strlen (dname)], sizeof (dname) - strlen (dname), "%s%s", dslash, filename);
diff --git a/sim_fio.c b/sim_fio.c
index d2223753..da8b286b 100644
--- a/sim_fio.c
+++ b/sim_fio.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ if (!fOut) {
     st = sim_messagef (SCPE_ARG, "Can't open '%s' for output: %s\n", dest_file, strerror (errno));
     goto Cleanup_Return;
     }
-buf = malloc (BUFSIZ);
+buf = (char *)malloc (BUFSIZ);
 while ((bytes = fread (buf, 1, BUFSIZ, fIn)))
     fwrite (buf, 1, bytes, fOut);
 Cleanup_Return: