diff --git a/ragel-main.patch b/ragel-main.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f66e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ragel-main.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -up ./ragel/main.cpp.fedora ./ragel/main.cpp
+--- ragel/main.cpp.fedora	2009-04-11 19:19:03.000000000 -0600
++++ ragel/main.cpp	2009-04-11 19:18:34.000000000 -0600
+@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void processArgs( int argc, const char *
+ 				printStatistics = true;
+ 				break;
+ 			case '-': {
+-				char *eq = strchr( pc.paramArg, '=' );
++				char *eq = strchr( (char *)pc.paramArg, '=' );
+ 
+ 				if ( eq != 0 )
+ 					*eq++ = 0;
+@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ char *makeIntermedTemplate( const char *
+ {
+ 	char *result = 0;
+ 	const char *templ = "ragel-XXXXXX.xml";
+-	char *lastSlash = strrchr( baseFileName, '/' );
++	char *lastSlash = strrchr( (char *)baseFileName, '/' );
+ 	if ( lastSlash == 0 ) {
+ 		result = new char[strlen(templ)+1];
+ 		strcpy( result, templ );
diff --git a/ragel.spec b/ragel.spec
index e528b8b..1b9a76f 100644
--- a/ragel.spec
+++ b/ragel.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           ragel   
 Version:        6.4
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Finite state machine compiler
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BuildRequires:  transfig, tetex-latex, gcc-objc
 Requires:       gawk
 
 Patch0:         ragel-Makefile-install.patch
+Patch1:         ragel-main.patch
 
 %description
 Ragel compiles finite state machines from regular languages into executable C,
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ done using inline operators that do not disrupt the regular language syntax.
 %setup -q
 
 %patch0 -p0
+%patch1 -p0
 
 %build
 # set the names of the other programming commandline programs
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Apr 11 2009 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy at hinegardner dot org> 6.4-2
+-  add patch for main.cpp
+
 * Sat Apr 11 2009 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy at hinegardner dot org> 6.4-1
 -  Update to 6.4