diff --git a/builtins.cpp b/builtins.cpp
index aabca575..d72bb371 100644
--- a/builtins.cpp
+++ b/builtins.cpp
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ DefineStdlib(SymbolTable *symbolTable, llvm::LLVMContext *ctx, llvm::Module *mod
         // If the user wants the standard library to be included, parse the
         // serialized version of the stdlib.ispc file to get its definitions
         // added.
-        extern const char *stdlib_code;
+        extern char stdlib_code[];
         yy_scan_string(stdlib_code);
         yyparse();
     }
diff --git a/stdlib2cpp.py b/stdlib2cpp.py
index c1b7bf1b..132f8257 100755
--- a/stdlib2cpp.py
+++ b/stdlib2cpp.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 import sys
 
-print "const char *stdlib_code = "
-for line in sys.stdin:
-    l=line.rstrip()
-    l=l.replace('"', '\\"')
-    print "\"" + l + "\\n\""
+print "char stdlib_code[] = { "
 
-print ";"
+for line in sys.stdin:
+    for c in line:
+        print ord(c)
+        print ", "
+
+print "0 };"