diff --git a/include/wx/wxcrt.h b/include/wx/wxcrt.h
index 74a63624d6..bcbbf3027a 100644
--- a/include/wx/wxcrt.h
+++ b/include/wx/wxcrt.h
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar * wxStrtok(wxChar *psz, const wxChar *delim, wxChar **sa
     WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxWCharBuffer wxSetlocale_(int category, const wxChar *locale);
     WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxWCharBuffer wxSetlocale(int category, const wxChar *locale);
     #else
-    WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar *wxSetlocale(int category, const wxChar *locale);
+    WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxChar *wxSetlocale(int category, const wxChar *locale);
     #endif // defined(wxSetlocale_)
 #endif // __cplusplus
 
diff --git a/src/common/wxcrt.cpp b/src/common/wxcrt.cpp
index 3d12a3bee7..15bc111642 100644
--- a/src/common/wxcrt.cpp
+++ b/src/common/wxcrt.cpp
@@ -820,9 +820,9 @@ wxWCharBuffer wxSetlocale(int category, const wxChar *locale)
     return rv;
 }
 #else // defined(wxSetlocale_)
-const wxChar *wxSetlocale(int category, const wxChar *locale)
+wxChar *wxSetlocale(int category, const wxChar *locale)
 {
-    const wxChar *rv = wxSetlocale_(category, locale);
+    wxChar *rv = wxSetlocale_(category, locale);
     if ( rv )
         wxUpdateLocaleIsUtf8();
     return rv;