diff --git a/libziparchive/include/ziparchive/zip_writer.h b/libziparchive/include/ziparchive/zip_writer.h
index bd44fdb4d..a2a0dbfd2 100644
--- a/libziparchive/include/ziparchive/zip_writer.h
+++ b/libziparchive/include/ziparchive/zip_writer.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "android-base/macros.h"
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ class ZipWriter {
    * Subsequent calls to WriteBytes(const void*, size_t) will add data to this entry.
    * Returns 0 on success, and an error value < 0 on failure.
    */
-  int32_t StartEntry(const char* path, size_t flags);
+  int32_t StartEntry(std::string_view path, size_t flags);
 
   /**
    * Starts a new zip entry with the given path and flags, where the
@@ -111,17 +112,17 @@ class ZipWriter {
    * Subsequent calls to WriteBytes(const void*, size_t) will add data to this entry.
    * Returns 0 on success, and an error value < 0 on failure.
    */
-  int32_t StartAlignedEntry(const char* path, size_t flags, uint32_t alignment);
+  int32_t StartAlignedEntry(std::string_view path, size_t flags, uint32_t alignment);
 
   /**
    * Same as StartEntry(const char*, size_t), but sets a last modified time for the entry.
    */
-  int32_t StartEntryWithTime(const char* path, size_t flags, time_t time);
+  int32_t StartEntryWithTime(std::string_view path, size_t flags, time_t time);
 
   /**
    * Same as StartAlignedEntry(const char*, size_t), but sets a last modified time for the entry.
    */
-  int32_t StartAlignedEntryWithTime(const char* path, size_t flags, time_t time, uint32_t alignment);
+  int32_t StartAlignedEntryWithTime(std::string_view path, size_t flags, time_t time, uint32_t alignment);
 
   /**
    * Writes bytes to the zip file for the previously started zip entry.
diff --git a/libziparchive/zip_writer.cc b/libziparchive/zip_writer.cc
index ae9d14514..3c5320941 100644
--- a/libziparchive/zip_writer.cc
+++ b/libziparchive/zip_writer.cc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ int32_t ZipWriter::HandleError(int32_t error_code) {
   return error_code;
 }
 
-int32_t ZipWriter::StartEntry(const char* path, size_t flags) {
+int32_t ZipWriter::StartEntry(std::string_view path, size_t flags) {
   uint32_t alignment = 0;
   if (flags & kAlign32) {
     flags &= ~kAlign32;
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ int32_t ZipWriter::StartEntry(const char* path, size_t flags) {
   return StartAlignedEntryWithTime(path, flags, time_t(), alignment);
 }
 
-int32_t ZipWriter::StartAlignedEntry(const char* path, size_t flags, uint32_t alignment) {
+int32_t ZipWriter::StartAlignedEntry(std::string_view path, size_t flags, uint32_t alignment) {
   return StartAlignedEntryWithTime(path, flags, time_t(), alignment);
 }
 
-int32_t ZipWriter::StartEntryWithTime(const char* path, size_t flags, time_t time) {
+int32_t ZipWriter::StartEntryWithTime(std::string_view path, size_t flags, time_t time) {
   uint32_t alignment = 0;
   if (flags & kAlign32) {
     flags &= ~kAlign32;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void CopyFromFileEntry(const ZipWriter::FileEntry& src, bool use_data_des
   dst->extra_field_length = src.padding_length;
 }
 
-int32_t ZipWriter::StartAlignedEntryWithTime(const char* path, size_t flags, time_t time,
+int32_t ZipWriter::StartAlignedEntryWithTime(std::string_view path, size_t flags, time_t time,
                                              uint32_t alignment) {
   if (state_ != State::kWritingZip) {
     return kInvalidState;
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int32_t ZipWriter::StartAlignedEntryWithTime(const char* path, size_t flags, tim
     return HandleError(kIoError);
   }
 
-  if (fwrite(path, sizeof(*path), file_entry.path.size(), file_) != file_entry.path.size()) {
+  if (fwrite(path.data(), 1, path.size(), file_) != path.size()) {
     return HandleError(kIoError);
   }