diff --git a/lib/file.c b/lib/file.c
index 7bbf8a340c03f0e74951e38acd3d8eb8b14ed8e4..c8315ae46a9c727b415b1ca67e0be7bf3accc0bc 100644
--- a/lib/file.c
+++ b/lib/file.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_file(struct connectdata *conn)
       return result;
 
     result = Curl_client_write(data, CLIENTWRITE_BOTH,
-                               "Accept-ranges: bytes\r\n", 0);
+                               (char *)"Accept-ranges: bytes\r\n", 0);
     if(result)
       return result;