diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ab8d1199..043c6653 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2367,3 +2367,5 @@ Winfried K
 Ralf Schueler <dl4mw@schueler.ws>
  for backporting "Changed cDvbDevice::GrabImage() to use V4L" from version 1.7.3
  to 1.6.0-3
+ for backporting "Added some missing 'const' keywords to avoid compilation errors
+ with gcc 4.4" from version 1.7.8 to 1.6.0-3
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index b31cceb1..78050083 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -5763,3 +5763,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 
 - Changed cDvbDevice::GrabImage() to use V4L2
   (backport from version 1.7.3, thanks to Ralf Schueler).
+- Added some missing 'const' keywords to avoid compilation errors with gcc 4.4
+  (backport from version 1.7.8, thanks to Ralf Schueler).
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index 1535b46b..e74fc839 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/recording.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 1.162 2008/02/24 10:28:53 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 1.162.1.1 2012/02/14 13:47:29 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
@@ -509,8 +509,8 @@ cRecording::cRecording(cTimer *Timer, const cEvent *Event)
      Utf8Strn0Cpy(SubtitleBuffer, Subtitle, MAX_SUBTITLE_LENGTH);
      Subtitle = SubtitleBuffer;
      }
-  char *macroTITLE   = strstr(Timer->File(), TIMERMACRO_TITLE);
-  char *macroEPISODE = strstr(Timer->File(), TIMERMACRO_EPISODE);
+  const char *macroTITLE   = strstr(Timer->File(), TIMERMACRO_TITLE);
+  const char *macroEPISODE = strstr(Timer->File(), TIMERMACRO_EPISODE);
   if (macroTITLE || macroEPISODE) {
      name = strdup(Timer->File());
      name = strreplace(name, TIMERMACRO_TITLE, Title);
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ cRecording::cRecording(const char *FileName)
   sortBuffer = NULL;
   fileName = strdup(FileName);
   FileName += strlen(VideoDirectory) + 1;
-  char *p = strrchr(FileName, '/');
+  const char *p = strrchr(FileName, '/');
 
   name = NULL;
   info = new cRecordingInfo;
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index 6232915f..7607965a 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 1.109.1.1 2008/05/02 14:29:16 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 1.109.1.2 2012/02/14 13:52:35 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "svdrp.h"
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ void cSVDRP::CmdGRAB(const char *Option)
      char *strtok_next;
      FileName = strtok_r(p, delim, &strtok_next);
      // image type:
-     char *Extension = strrchr(FileName, '.');
+     const char *Extension = strrchr(FileName, '.');
      if (Extension) {
         if (strcasecmp(Extension, ".jpg") == 0 || strcasecmp(Extension, ".jpeg") == 0)
            Jpeg = true;
@@ -795,8 +795,9 @@ void cSVDRP::CmdGRAB(const char *Option)
      char RealFileName[PATH_MAX];
      if (FileName) {
         if (grabImageDir) {
-           cString s;
-           char *slash = strrchr(FileName, '/');
+           cString s(FileName);
+           FileName = s;
+           const char *slash = strrchr(FileName, '/');
            if (!slash) {
               s = AddDirectory(grabImageDir, FileName);
               FileName = s;