diff --git a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.cpp b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.cpp
index adcf30d90a..7784472257 100644
--- a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/Src/OpenALStream.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ bool OpenALStream::Start()
 	pDeviceList = new ALDeviceList();
 	if ((pDeviceList) && (pDeviceList->GetNumDevices()))
 	{
+#ifdef __APPLE__
 		pDevice = alcOpenDevice((ALCubyte*)pDeviceList->GetDeviceName(pDeviceList->GetDefaultDevice()));
+#else
+		pDevice = alcOpenDevice((const ALCchar *)pDeviceList->GetDeviceName(pDeviceList->GetDefaultDevice()));
+#endif
 		if (pDevice)
 		{
 			pContext = alcCreateContext(pDevice, NULL);