diff --git a/fltk-1.1.9-consts.patch b/fltk-1.1.9-consts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ca0d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fltk-1.1.9-consts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff -ru fltk-1.1.9.orig/src/fl_set_fonts_xft.cxx fltk-1.1.9/src/fl_set_fonts_xft.cxx
+--- fltk-1.1.9.orig/src/fl_set_fonts_xft.cxx	2009-03-04 10:58:49.000000000 +0000
++++ fltk-1.1.9/src/fl_set_fonts_xft.cxx	2009-03-04 11:01:25.000000000 +0000
+@@ -253,13 +253,13 @@
+       // So the bit we want is up to the first comma - BUT some strings have
+       // more than one name, separated by, guess what?, a comma...
+       stop = start = first = 0;
+-      stop = strchr((const char *)font, ',');
+-      start = strchr((const char *)font, ':');
++      stop = strchr((char *)font, ',');
++      start = strchr((char *)font, ':');
+       if ((stop) && (start) && (stop < start))
+       {
+         first = stop + 1; // discard first version of name
+         // find first comma *after* the end of the name
+-        stop = strchr((const char *)start, ',');
++        stop = strchr((char *)start, ',');
+       }
+       else
+       {
diff --git a/fltk.spec b/fltk.spec
index b70b935..fa2c89f 100644
--- a/fltk.spec
+++ b/fltk.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Summary:	C++ user interface toolkit
 Name:		fltk
 Version:	1.1.9
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 
 # see COPYING (or http://www.fltk.org/COPYING.php ) for exceptions details
 License:	LGPLv2+ with exceptions	
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Patch3: 	fltk-1.1.x-r5750-undefined.patch
 # nuke --rpath (#238284)
 Patch4: 	fltk-1.1.x-r5750-rpath.patch
 Patch5: 	fltk-1.1.8-fluid_desktop.patch
+Patch6: 	fltk-1.1.9-consts.patch
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} > 4 || 0%{?fedora} > 4
 BuildRequires:  libICE-devel libSM-devel
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ Requires:	%{name}-devel = %{version}-%{release}
 %patch3 -p1 -b .undefined
 %patch4 -p1 -b .rpath
 %patch5 -p1 -b .fluid_desktop
+%patch6 -p1 -b .consts
 
 
 %build
@@ -206,6 +208,9 @@ update-desktop-database >& /dev/null ||:
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 04 2009 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 1.1.9-3
+- fix uses of strchr wrt. constness
+
 * Tue Feb 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.9-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild