diff --git a/pekwm/InputDialog.cc b/pekwm/InputDialog.cc
index f25a75e..42a964a 100644
--- a/pekwm/InputDialog.cc
+++ b/pekwm/InputDialog.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
 extern "C" {
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
+
+#ifdef __minix
+# define XK_MISCELLANY
+# include <X11/keysymdef.h>
+#endif
 }
 
 using std::list;
diff --git a/pekwm/Util.cc b/pekwm/Util.cc
index a15bb32..8dd9af4 100644
--- a/pekwm/Util.cc
+++ b/pekwm/Util.cc
@@ -442,7 +442,12 @@ do_iconv (iconv_t ic, const char **inp, size_t *in_bytes,
 #ifdef ICONV_CONST
     return iconv(ic, inp, in_bytes, outp, out_bytes);
 #else // !ICONV_CONST
+# ifdef __minix
+    // this is as MESS across OS-es...
+    return iconv(ic, (const char**)inp, in_bytes, outp, out_bytes);
+# else
     return iconv(ic, const_cast<char**>(inp), in_bytes, outp, out_bytes);
+# endif
 #endif // ICONV_CONST
 }