diff --git a/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebug/tst_qdeclarativedebug.cpp b/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebug/tst_qdeclarativedebug.cpp
index b47579ea6a..a5a500979f 100644
--- a/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebug/tst_qdeclarativedebug.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebug/tst_qdeclarativedebug.cpp
@@ -1209,7 +1209,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     char **_argv = new char*[_argc];
     for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
         _argv[i] = argv[i];
-    _argv[_argc - 1] = "-qmljsdebugger=port:3768";
+    char arg[] = "-qmljsdebugger=port:3768";
+    _argv[_argc - 1] = arg;
 
     QApplication app(_argc, _argv);
     tst_QDeclarativeDebug tc;
diff --git a/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebugclient/tst_qdeclarativedebugclient.cpp b/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebugclient/tst_qdeclarativedebugclient.cpp
index d7f53c9620..2ad50b1025 100644
--- a/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebugclient/tst_qdeclarativedebugclient.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebugclient/tst_qdeclarativedebugclient.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     char **_argv = new char*[_argc];
     for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
         _argv[i] = argv[i];
-    _argv[_argc - 1] = "-qmljsdebugger=port:13770";
+    char arg[] = "-qmljsdebugger=port:13770";
+    _argv[_argc - 1] = arg;
 
     QApplication app(_argc, _argv);
     tst_QDeclarativeDebugClient tc;
diff --git a/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebugservice/tst_qdeclarativedebugservice.cpp b/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebugservice/tst_qdeclarativedebugservice.cpp
index 74f549c076..3a285e0452 100644
--- a/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebugservice/tst_qdeclarativedebugservice.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/declarative/qdeclarativedebugservice/tst_qdeclarativedebugservice.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     char **_argv = new char*[_argc];
     for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
         _argv[i] = argv[i];
-    _argv[_argc - 1] = "-qmljsdebugger=port:13769";
+    char arg[] = "-qmljsdebugger=port:13769";
+    _argv[_argc - 1] = arg;
 
     QApplication app(_argc, _argv);
     tst_QDeclarativeDebugService tc;