diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 75fa8ad8..89b7e928 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 1999-01-20  Alexandre Oliva  <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
 
+	* ltmain.in (dlsyms): #define const to nothing if not __STDC__
+
 	* ltconfig.in (global_symbol_pipe): #define const to nothing if
 	not __STDC__
 
diff --git a/ltmain.in b/ltmain.in
index 46e0e059..3dc2c57a 100644
--- a/ltmain.in
+++ b/ltmain.in
@@ -2016,6 +2016,7 @@ extern \"C\" {
 # define lt_ptr_t void *
 #else
 # define lt_ptr_t char *
+# define const
 #endif
 
 /* The mapping between symbol names and symbols. */