diff --git a/WINGs/WINGs/WUtil.h b/WINGs/WINGs/WUtil.h
index 6e1d4a53..ef6df844 100644
--- a/WINGs/WINGs/WUtil.h
+++ b/WINGs/WINGs/WUtil.h
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void wrelease(void *ptr);
 void* wretain(void *ptr);
 
 char *wstrdup(const char *str);
-char* wstrndup(char *str, size_t len);
+char* wstrndup(const char *str, size_t len);
 
 /* Concatenate str1 with str2 and return that in a newly malloc'ed string.
  * str1 and str2 can be any strings including static and constant strings.
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ char* wtokenjoin(char **list, int count);
 
 void wtokenfree(char **tokens, int count);
 
-char* wtrimspace(char *s);
+char* wtrimspace(const char *s);
 
 
 WMRange wmkrange(int start, int count);
diff --git a/WINGs/string.c b/WINGs/string.c
index 956ad3a5..8cb0b031 100644
--- a/WINGs/string.c
+++ b/WINGs/string.c
@@ -145,22 +145,20 @@ void wtokenfree(char **tokens, int count)
 	wfree(tokens);
 }
 
-char *wtrimspace(char *s)
+char *wtrimspace(const char *s)
 {
 	char *t;
-	char *c;
+
+	if (s == NULL)
+		return NULL;
 
 	while (isspace(*s) && *s)
 		s++;
-	t = s + strlen(s) - 1;
+	t = (char *)s + strlen(s) - 1;
 	while (t > s && isspace(*t))
 		t--;
 
-	c = wmalloc(t - s + 2);
-	memcpy(c, s, t - s + 1);
-	c[t - s + 1] = 0;
-
-	return c;
+	return wstrndup(s, t - s + 1);
 }
 
 char *wstrdup(const char *str)
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ char *wstrdup(const char *str)
 	return strcpy(wmalloc(strlen(str) + 1), str);
 }
 
-char *wstrndup(char *str, size_t len)
+char *wstrndup(const char *str, size_t len)
 {
 	char *copy;