diff --git a/src/benchmark.c b/src/benchmark.c
index 8bfddefa05d46e565c69b73b9ddfad50b777d4d2..41d9164fce1457cb1ff116598fcc54226cb7942a 100644
--- a/src/benchmark.c
+++ b/src/benchmark.c
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 
 */
 
-HBenchmarkResults *h_benchmark(HParser* parser, HParserTestcase* testcases) {
+HBenchmarkResults *h_benchmark(const HParser* parser, HParserTestcase* testcases) {
   return h_benchmark__m(&system_allocator, parser, testcases);
 }
 
-HBenchmarkResults *h_benchmark__m(HAllocator* mm__, HParser* parser, HParserTestcase* testcases) {
+HBenchmarkResults *h_benchmark__m(HAllocator* mm__, const HParser* parser, HParserTestcase* testcases) {
   // For now, just output the results to stderr
   HParserTestcase* tc = testcases;
   HParserBackend backend = PB_MIN;
diff --git a/src/compile.c b/src/compile.c
index 4673b6417d37090fa1ebf0486266b19c4f28fd60..305db3e9f9a0d8c7bec66b5df3ff4caf358b8eed 100644
--- a/src/compile.c
+++ b/src/compile.c
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ static HParserBackendVTable *backends[PB_MAX] = {
   &h__ll_backend_vtable,
 };
 
-int h_compile(HParser* parser, HParserBackend backend, const void* params) {
+int h_compile(const HParser* parser, HParserBackend backend, const void* params) {
   return h_compile__m(&system_allocator, parser, backend, params);
 }
 
-int h_compile__m(HAllocator* mm__, HParser* parser, HParserBackend backend, const void* params) {
-  return backends[backend]->compile(mm__, parser, params);
+int h_compile__m(HAllocator* mm__, const HParser* parser, HParserBackend backend, const void* params) {
+  // be naughty and cast off the const
+  return backends[backend]->compile(mm__, (HParser *)parser, params);
 }
diff --git a/src/hammer.h b/src/hammer.h
index 0138c98affdd484b10faed721ed69ec38ee1d36e..e75a41fd4dc7d5b283018916a0a7c5957f081807 100644
--- a/src/hammer.h
+++ b/src/hammer.h
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ HAMMER_FN_DECL(void, h_pprint, FILE* stream, const HParsedToken* tok, int indent
  *
  * Returns -1 if grammar cannot be compiled with the specified options; 0 otherwise.
  */
-HAMMER_FN_DECL(int, h_compile, HParser* parser, HParserBackend backend, const void* params);
+HAMMER_FN_DECL(int, h_compile, const HParser* parser, HParserBackend backend, const void* params);
 
 /**
  * TODO: Document me
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ const uint8_t* h_bit_writer_get_buffer(HBitWriter* w, size_t *len);
 void h_bit_writer_free(HBitWriter* w);
 
 // {{{ Benchmark functions
-HAMMER_FN_DECL(HBenchmarkResults *, h_benchmark, HParser* parser, HParserTestcase* testcases);
+HAMMER_FN_DECL(HBenchmarkResults *, h_benchmark, const HParser* parser, HParserTestcase* testcases);
 void h_benchmark_report(FILE* stream, HBenchmarkResults* results);
 void h_benchmark_dump_optimized_code(FILE* stream, HBenchmarkResults* results);
 // }}}