diff --git a/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.h b/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.h
--- a/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.h
+++ b/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.h
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
 CAMLprim value ptr_to_option(void *Ptr);
 
 /* Convert a C string into an OCaml string */
-CAMLprim value cstr_to_string(const unsigned char *Str, mlsize_t Len);
+CAMLprim value cstr_to_string(const char *Str, mlsize_t Len);
 
 #endif // LLVM_LLVM_OCAML_H
diff --git a/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c b/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
--- a/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
+++ b/llvm/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
   CAMLreturn(Option);
 }
 
-CAMLprim value cstr_to_string(const unsigned char *Str, mlsize_t Len) {
+CAMLprim value cstr_to_string(const char *Str, mlsize_t Len) {
   CAMLparam0();
   CAMLlocal1(String);
   if (Str) {
     String = caml_alloc_string(Len);
-    memcpy(String_val(String), Str, Len);
+    memcpy((char *)String_val(String), Str, Len);
   } else {
     String = caml_alloc_string(0);
   }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 }
 
 CAMLprim value llvm_parse_command_line_options(value Overview, value Args) {
-  char *COverview;
+  const char *COverview;
   if (Overview == Val_int(0)) {
     COverview = NULL;
   } else {
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
   unsigned Length;
   const char *String = LLVMGetStringAttributeKind(A, &Length);
   value Result = caml_alloc_string(Length);
-  memcpy(String_val(Result), String, Length);
+  memcpy((char *)String_val(Result), String, Length);
   return Result;
 }
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
   unsigned Length;
   const char *String = LLVMGetStringAttributeValue(A, &Length);
   value Result = caml_alloc_string(Length);
-  memcpy(String_val(Result), String, Length);
+  memcpy((char *)String_val(Result), String, Length);
   return Result;
 }
 
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@
 
   if ((S = LLVMGetMDString(V, &Len))) {
     Str = caml_alloc_string(Len);
-    memcpy(String_val(Str), S, Len);
+    memcpy((char *)String_val(Str), S, Len);
     Option = alloc(1,0);
     Store_field(Option, 0, Str);
     CAMLreturn(Option);
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@
   if(LLVMIsAConstantDataSequential(Const) && LLVMIsConstantString(Const)) {
     S = LLVMGetAsString(Const, &Len);
     Str = caml_alloc_string(Len);
-    memcpy(String_val(Str), S, Len);
+    memcpy((char *)String_val(Str), S, Len);
 
     Option = alloc(1, 0);
     Field(Option, 0) = Str;
@@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@
 /* llmemorybuffer -> string */
 CAMLprim value llvm_memorybuffer_as_string(LLVMMemoryBufferRef MemBuf) {
   value String = caml_alloc_string(LLVMGetBufferSize(MemBuf));
-  memcpy(String_val(String), LLVMGetBufferStart(MemBuf),
+  memcpy((char *)String_val(String), LLVMGetBufferStart(MemBuf),
          LLVMGetBufferSize(MemBuf));
 
   return String;