diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_ipc/Ecore_Ipc.h b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_ipc/Ecore_Ipc.h
index 41392ee582..a4c6651ee0 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_ipc/Ecore_Ipc.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_ipc/Ecore_Ipc.h
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ EAPI unsigned long long _ecore_ipc_swap_64(unsigned long long v);
    EAPI void              ecore_ipc_server_client_limit_set(Ecore_Ipc_Server *svr, int client_limit, char reject_excess_clients);
    EAPI void              ecore_ipc_server_data_size_max_set(Ecore_Ipc_Server *srv, int size);
    EAPI int               ecore_ipc_server_data_size_max_get(Ecore_Ipc_Server *srv);
-   EAPI char             *ecore_ipc_server_ip_get(Ecore_Ipc_Server *svr);
+   EAPI const char       *ecore_ipc_server_ip_get(Ecore_Ipc_Server *svr);
    EAPI void              ecore_ipc_server_flush(Ecore_Ipc_Server *svr);
        
    /* FIXME: this needs to become an ipc message */
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ EAPI unsigned long long _ecore_ipc_swap_64(unsigned long long v);
    EAPI void             *ecore_ipc_client_data_get(Ecore_Ipc_Client *cl);
    EAPI void              ecore_ipc_client_data_size_max_set(Ecore_Ipc_Client *cl, int size);
    EAPI int               ecore_ipc_client_data_size_max_get(Ecore_Ipc_Client *cl);
-   EAPI char             *ecore_ipc_client_ip_get(Ecore_Ipc_Client *cl);
+   EAPI const char       *ecore_ipc_client_ip_get(Ecore_Ipc_Client *cl);
    EAPI void              ecore_ipc_client_flush(Ecore_Ipc_Client *cl);
    
    EAPI int               ecore_ipc_ssl_available_get(void);
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_ipc/ecore_ipc.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_ipc/ecore_ipc.c
index ac700e5e54..b30a3f0202 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_ipc/ecore_ipc.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_ipc/ecore_ipc.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ ecore_ipc_server_data_size_max_get(Ecore_Ipc_Server *svr)
  *          deletion for the @p svr object. If no IP is known NULL is returned.
  * @ingroup Ecore_Ipc_Server_Group
  */
-EAPI char *
+EAPI const char *
 ecore_ipc_server_ip_get(Ecore_Ipc_Server *svr)
 {
    if (!ECORE_MAGIC_CHECK(svr, ECORE_MAGIC_IPC_SERVER))
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ ecore_ipc_client_data_size_max_get(Ecore_Ipc_Client *cl)
  *          deletion for the @p cl object. If no IP is known NULL is returned.
  * @ingroup Ecore_Ipc_Client_Group
  */
-EAPI char *
+EAPI const char *
 ecore_ipc_client_ip_get(Ecore_Ipc_Client *cl)
 {
    if (!ECORE_MAGIC_CHECK(cl, ECORE_MAGIC_IPC_CLIENT))