diff --git a/Time.cpp b/Time.cpp
index 5ca1327..3488ba2 100644
--- a/Time.cpp
+++ b/Time.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void breakTime(time_t timeInput, tmElements_t &tm){
   tm.Day = time + 1;     // day of month
 }
 
-time_t makeTime(tmElements_t &tm){   
+time_t makeTime(const tmElements_t &tm){   
 // assemble time elements into time_t 
 // note year argument is offset from 1970 (see macros in time.h to convert to other formats)
 // previous version used full four digit year (or digits since 2000),i.e. 2009 was 2009 or 9
diff --git a/TimeLib.h b/TimeLib.h
index ddb1668..645e62a 100644
--- a/TimeLib.h
+++ b/TimeLib.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void    setSyncInterval(time_t interval); // set the number of seconds between r
 
 /* low level functions to convert to and from system time                     */
 void breakTime(time_t time, tmElements_t &tm);  // break time_t into elements
-time_t makeTime(tmElements_t &tm);  // convert time elements into time_t
+time_t makeTime(const tmElements_t &tm);  // convert time elements into time_t
 
 } // extern "C++"
 #endif // __cplusplus