diff --git a/indra/newview/rlvcommon.cpp b/indra/newview/rlvcommon.cpp
index ae8d1e380c34eed2355fe05da7305cdf84706ef8..f6e07b41c5b0fccf971e19f2ae8b26eb8651bedc 100644
--- a/indra/newview/rlvcommon.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/rlvcommon.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void RlvStrings::initClass()
 // Checked: 2011-11-08 (RLVa-1.5.0)
 void RlvStrings::loadFromFile(const std::string& strFilePath, bool fUserOverride)
 {
-	llifstream fileStream(strFilePath, std::ios::binary); LLSD sdFileData;
+	llifstream fileStream(strFilePath.c_str(), std::ios::binary); LLSD sdFileData;
 	if ( (!fileStream.is_open()) || (!LLSDSerialize::fromXMLDocument(sdFileData, fileStream)) )
 		return;
 	fileStream.close();
diff --git a/indra/newview/rlvfloaters.cpp b/indra/newview/rlvfloaters.cpp
index b1dac2cf37b82ca17f66b3eb14e8a11f0aa2a243..2ff3722797607bec8f1538b1f9a71907506fef37 100644
--- a/indra/newview/rlvfloaters.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/rlvfloaters.cpp
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ BOOL RlvFloaterStrings::postBuild()
 	pDefaultBtn->setCommitCallback(boost::bind(&RlvFloaterStrings::onStringRevertDefault, this));
 
 	// Read all string metadata from the default strings file
-	llifstream fileStream(RlvStrings::getStringMapPath(), std::ios::binary); LLSD sdFileData;
+	llifstream fileStream(RlvStrings::getStringMapPath().c_str(), std::ios::binary); LLSD sdFileData;
 	if ( (fileStream.is_open()) && (LLSDSerialize::fromXMLDocument(sdFileData, fileStream)) )
 	{
 		m_sdStringsInfo = sdFileData["strings"];