diff --git a/src/examples/ecore/ecore_evas_ews_example.c b/src/examples/ecore/ecore_evas_ews_example.c
index a8af178dde..b4415cb5e9 100644
--- a/src/examples/ecore/ecore_evas_ews_example.c
+++ b/src/examples/ecore/ecore_evas_ews_example.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ _stdin_cb(void *data EINA_UNUSED, Ecore_Fd_Handler *handler EINA_UNUSED)
 {
    const Eina_List *l;
    Ecore_Evas *ee;
-   char c = getchar();
+   int c = getchar();
 
    if (c == EOF)
      {