diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index bba72d8095c542225c2fdafb9f1d4d1ac030750c..a409c8d4ee629f008450f5155a378a871d9c09a2 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -1756,7 +1756,10 @@ void   cJSON_AddItemToObjectCS(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
     {
         cJSON_free(item->string);
     }
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcast-qual"
     item->string = (char*)string;
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
     item->type |= cJSON_StringIsConst;
     cJSON_AddItemToArray(object, item);
 }