diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstringbuilder.h b/src/corelib/tools/qstringbuilder.h
index 9a40abcfed..5c6d990314 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstringbuilder.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstringbuilder.h
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ template <int N> struct QConcatenable<char[N]> : QConcatenable<const char[N]>
 
 template <> struct QConcatenable<const char *> : private QAbstractConcatenable
 {
-    typedef char const *type;
+    typedef const char *type;
     typedef QByteArray ConvertTo;
     enum { ExactSize = false };
     static int size(const char *a) { return qstrlen(a); }
@@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ template <> struct QConcatenable<const char *> : private QAbstractConcatenable
     }
 };
 
+template <> struct QConcatenable<char *> : QConcatenable<const char*>
+{
+    typedef char *type;
+};
+
 template <> struct QConcatenable<QByteArray> : private QAbstractConcatenable
 {
     typedef QByteArray type;