diff --git a/moo/mooutils/eggregex.c b/moo/mooutils/eggregex.c
index fef16e2d..84fe7027 100644
--- a/moo/mooutils/eggregex.c
+++ b/moo/mooutils/eggregex.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ egg_regex_fetch_named (const EggRegex *regex,
 				  regex->match->offsets,
 				  regex->match->matches,
 				  name,
-				  &substring);
+				  (const gchar**) &substring);
 
   if (ret < 0)
     /* not enough memory or something */