diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 5db81a1a9..346ab8c02 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 2.0.3 (in progress)
 ===========================
 
+2011-03-15: wsfulton
+	    [UTL] Fix overloading when using const char[], problem reported by David Maxwell.
+            Similarly for char[ANY] and const char[ANY].
+
 2011-03-15: wsfulton
 	    [C#] Apply patch #3212624 fixing std::map Keys property.
 
diff --git a/Lib/typemaps/strings.swg b/Lib/typemaps/strings.swg
index 0769fe221..d982a17a2 100644
--- a/Lib/typemaps/strings.swg
+++ b/Lib/typemaps/strings.swg
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 /* typecheck */
 
 %typemap(typecheck,noblock=1,precedence=StringCode,
-	 fragment=#SWIG_AsCharPtr) Char *, Char const*& {
+	 fragment=#SWIG_AsCharPtr) Char *, const Char *, Char const*& {
   int res = SWIG_AsCharPtr($input, 0, 0);
   $1 = SWIG_CheckState(res);
 }
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 %typemap(typecheck,noblock=1,precedence=StringCode,
 	 fragment=#SWIG_AsCharArray)  
   Char [ANY], const Char[ANY] {
-  int res = SWIG_AsCharArray($input, (Char *)0, 0);
+  int res = SWIG_AsCharArray($input, (Char *)0, $1_dim0);
   $1 = SWIG_CheckState(res);
 }