diff --git a/src/Makefile.conf b/src/Makefile.conf
index 0de6835..f8ecae4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.conf
+++ b/src/Makefile.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-CXXFLAGS=-I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux -I$(HOME)/include
+CXXFLAGS=-I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux -I$(HOME)/include -fpermissive
 LDFLAGS=-L$(HOME)/lib
 SHARED=libpEpJNI.dylib
diff --git a/src/jniutils.cc b/src/jniutils.cc
index 310ce7d..0ad2c92 100644
--- a/src/jniutils.cc
+++ b/src/jniutils.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <string>
 
 #ifdef ANDROID