diff --git a/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh b/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh
index d39fa291fbd..cfa8c771b44 100644
--- a/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh
+++ b/sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ s/\$//g
 		printf "#endif\n\n" > sysarg
 
 		printf " * created from%s\n */\n\n", $0 > sysnames
-		printf "char *%s[] = {\n", namesname > sysnames
+		printf "const char *%s[] = {\n", namesname > sysnames
 
 		printf " * created from%s\n */\n\n", $0 > syshdr
 
diff --git a/sys/kern/syscalls.c b/sys/kern/syscalls.c
index 3215b63b2a9..a39271b549e 100644
--- a/sys/kern/syscalls.c
+++ b/sys/kern/syscalls.c
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
  *
  * DO NOT EDIT-- this file is automatically generated.
  * $FreeBSD$
- * created from FreeBSD: src/sys/kern/syscalls.master,v 1.133 2002/10/22 14:22:24 rwatson Exp 
+ * created from FreeBSD: src/sys/kern/syscalls.master,v 1.134 2002/10/25 19:10:57 peter Exp 
  */
 
-char *syscallnames[] = {
+const char *syscallnames[] = {
 	"syscall",			/* 0 = syscall */
 	"exit",			/* 1 = exit */
 	"fork",			/* 2 = fork */