diff --git a/src/tests/TestImport.cpp b/src/tests/TestImport.cpp
index d4817378..2738211a 100644
--- a/src/tests/TestImport.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/TestImport.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ TestImport::TestImport()
     // Init basic application
     // The app needs to be initialized for the utf8 test
     // to work
-    int argcount = 1;
-    const char* appname = "sqlb-unittests";
-    app = new QCoreApplication(argcount, const_cast<char**>(&appname));
+    argcount = 1;
+    args[0] = "sqlb-unittests";
+    app = new QCoreApplication(argcount, args);
 }
 
 TestImport::~TestImport()
diff --git a/src/tests/TestImport.h b/src/tests/TestImport.h
index 32b49f25..e9edb3f9 100644
--- a/src/tests/TestImport.h
+++ b/src/tests/TestImport.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ public:
     ~TestImport();
 
 private:
+    int argcount;
+    char *args[1]; // the size must match what 'argcount' is set to
     QCoreApplication* app;
 
 private slots: