diff --git a/include/wx/private/stattext.h b/include/wx/private/stattext.h
index 69ddc9081a..508587113b 100644
--- a/include/wx/private/stattext.h
+++ b/include/wx/private/stattext.h
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ enum
 //    wxMarkupEntities[wxMARKUP_ELEMENT_NAME][wxMARKUP_ENTITY_GT]  == ">"
 //    wxMarkupEntities[wxMARKUP_ELEMENT_VALUE][wxMARKUP_ENTITY_GT] == ">"
 //
-extern const wxChar *wxMarkupEntities[wxMARKUP_ELEMENT_MAX][wxMARKUP_ENTITY_MAX];
+extern const wxChar *const wxMarkupEntities[wxMARKUP_ELEMENT_MAX][wxMARKUP_ENTITY_MAX];
 
 #endif // _WX_PRIVATE_STATTEXT_H_
diff --git a/src/common/stattextcmn.cpp b/src/common/stattextcmn.cpp
index 2da27afef7..3c485e058c 100644
--- a/src/common/stattextcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/stattextcmn.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "wx/private/stattext.h"
 
-const wxChar *wxMarkupEntities[][wxMARKUP_ENTITY_MAX] =
+const wxChar *const wxMarkupEntities[][wxMARKUP_ENTITY_MAX] =
 {
     // the entities handled by SetLabel() when wxST_MARKUP is used and their referenced string