diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c
index c4d39b12d..212ea1c79 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c
+++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfs/hgfsEscape.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ HgfsAddEscapeCharacter(char const * bufIn,      // IN: input name
    HgfsEscapeContext *escapeContext = (HgfsEscapeContext *)context;
    uint32 charactersToCopy;
    uint32 outputSpace;
-   char* illegal;
+   const char* illegal;
    Bool result = TRUE;
 
    ASSERT(offset >= escapeContext->processedOffset); // Scanning forward
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ HgfsIsEscapeSequence(char const *bufIn,   // IN: input name
                      uint32 length)       // IN: length of the name in characters
 {
    if (bufIn[offset] == HGFS_ESCAPE_CHAR && offset > 0) {
-      char *substitute;
+      const char *substitute;
       if (bufIn[offset - 1] == HGFS_ESCAPE_SUBSTITUE_CHAR && offset > 1) {
          /*
           * Possibly a valid sequence, check it must be preceded with a substitute
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ HgfsEscapeUndoComponent(char   *bufIn,             // IN: Characters to be unesc
       size_t offset = escapePointer - bufIn;
 
       if (HgfsIsEscapeSequence(bufIn, offset, sizeIn)) {
-         char* substitute = strchr(HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS, bufIn[offset - 1]);
+         const char* substitute = strchr(HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS, bufIn[offset - 1]);
          if (substitute != NULL) {
             bufIn[offset - 1] = HGFS_ILLEGAL_CHARS[substitute - HGFS_SUBSTITUTE_CHARS];
          } else if (bufIn[offset - 1] == HGFS_ESCAPE_SUBSTITUE_CHAR) {
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c
index 4a0bc9378..fd1db4a29 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c
+++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/hgfsServer/hgfsServerLinux.c
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ static void
 HgfsGetHiddenAttr(char const *fileName,         // IN:  Input filename
                   HgfsFileAttrInfo *attr)       // OUT: Struct to copy into
 {
-   char *baseName;
+   const char *baseName;
 
    ASSERT(fileName);
    ASSERT(attr);
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c
index 4fc6502e4..4be63b7b8 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c
+++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/strutil.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ StrUtil_ReplaceAll(const char *orig, // IN
     char *result;
     const char *current;
     char *tmp;
+    const char *tmp2;
     size_t lenWhat;
     size_t lenWith;
     size_t occurrences = 0;
@@ -1467,8 +1468,8 @@ StrUtil_ReplaceAll(const char *orig, // IN
     lenWith = strlen(with);
 
     current = orig;
-    while ((tmp = strstr(current, what)) != NULL) {
-       current = tmp + lenWhat;
+    while ((tmp2 = strstr(current, what)) != NULL) {
+       current = tmp2 + lenWhat;
        ++occurrences;
     }
 
@@ -1695,7 +1696,7 @@ StrUtilHasListItem(char const *list,                               // IN:
                    char const *item,                               // IN:
                    int (*ncmp)(char const *, char const*, size_t)) // IN:
 {
-   char *foundDelim;
+   const char *foundDelim;
    int itemLen = strlen(item);
 
    if (list == NULL) {
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
index 0135e6a09..922b4efe2 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
+++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/nicInfo/nicInfoPosix.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static Bool
 IpEntryMatchesDevice(const char *devName,
                      const char *label)
 {
-   char *p;
+   const char *p;
    size_t n;
 
    if ((p = strchr(label, ':')) != NULL) {
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c b/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c
index 3085f72d7..f61406d14 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c
+++ b/open-vm-tools/libvmtools/i18n.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ VMTools_BindTextDomain(const char *domain,
        * If we couldn't find the catalog file for the user's language, see if
        * we can find a more generic language (e.g., for "en_US", also try "en").
        */
-      char *sep = Str_Strrchr(lang, '_');
+      const char *sep = Str_Strrchr(lang, '_');
       if (sep != NULL) {
          if (usrlang == NULL) {
             usrlang = Util_SafeStrdup(lang);
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c
index 654512c5e..5c79ca12a 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ VixToolsBuildUserEnvironmentTable(const char * const *envp)   // IN: optional
    for (; NULL != *envp; envp++) {
       char *name;
       char *value;
-      char *whereToSplit;
+      const char *whereToSplit;
       size_t nameLen;
 
       whereToSplit = strchr(*envp, '=');