diff --git a/plugins/colorfilter/src/colorfilter.cpp b/plugins/colorfilter/src/colorfilter.cpp
index ca7eb41..b7004b5 100644
--- a/plugins/colorfilter/src/colorfilter.cpp
+++ b/plugins/colorfilter/src/colorfilter.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ ColorfilterScreen::loadFilters ()
     loaded = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
     {
-	name = CompString (basename (filters.at (i).s ().c_str ()));
+	name = CompString (basename ((char*)filters.at (i).s ().c_str ()));
 	if (boost::algorithm::ends_with (name, ".frag"))
 	    name.erase (name.end () - 5, name.end ());
 	file = filters.at (i).s ();
diff --git a/compizconfig/libcompizconfig/src/main.c b/compizconfig/libcompizconfig/src/main.c
index 1664d40..0029739 100644
--- a/compizconfig/libcompizconfig/src/main.c
+++ b/compizconfig/libcompizconfig/src/main.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
 
 #include <ccs.h>