diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
index a55f2ad845..23418e147d 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
@@ -2087,7 +2087,7 @@ static void frontend_unix_exec(const char *path, bool should_load_game)
    char *newargv[]    = { NULL, NULL };
    size_t len         = strlen(path);
 
-   newargv[0] = malloc(len);
+   newargv[0] = (char*)malloc(len);
 
    strlcpy(newargv[0], path, len);