1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/wc.c b/coreutils/wc.c
index 9f818ea72..fb81c0a8f 100644
--- a/coreutils/wc.c
+++ b/coreutils/wc.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static void wc_file(FILE * file, const char *name)
         unsigned int length = 0;
         unsigned int linepos = 0;
         char in_word = 0;
-        char c;
+        int c;
 
         while ((c = getc(file)) != EOF) {
                 chars++;