diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 6b56ef5841..61a867d0c2 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-06-05  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* python/py-utils.c (gdb_pymodule_addobject): Cast away const.
+
 2013-06-04  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
 	    Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
diff --git a/gdb/python/py-utils.c b/gdb/python/py-utils.c
index 7c7c5caee9..bbbdef4ad5 100644
--- a/gdb/python/py-utils.c
+++ b/gdb/python/py-utils.c
@@ -436,7 +436,8 @@ gdb_pymodule_addobject (PyObject *module, const char *name, PyObject *object)
   int result;
 
   Py_INCREF (object);
-  result = PyModule_AddObject (module, name, object);
+  /* Python 2.4 did not have a 'const' here.  */
+  result = PyModule_AddObject (module, (char *) name, object);
   if (result < 0)
     Py_DECREF (object);
   return result;