diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 685465c..8acc6f3 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ static struct ast_vm_user *find_user_realtime_by_alias(struct ast_vm_user *ivm,
 {
 	int res;
 	char mailbox[256] = "";
-	const char *argv[] = { alias };
+	char *argv[] = { (char*) alias };
 	char *sql = "select distinct(vmusers.mailbox) from kamailio.voicemail_users vmusers " \
 		"left join provisioning.voip_subscribers pvs on vmusers.customer_id = pvs.uuid " \
 		"left join provisioning.voip_dbaliases vda on pvs.id = vda.subscriber_id " \