diff --git a/mcop/tcpserver.cc b/mcop/tcpserver.cc
index 5ce3532..c2cffee 100644
--- a/mcop/tcpserver.cc
+++ b/mcop/tcpserver.cc
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ bool TCPServer::initSocket()
     socket_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
     socket_addr.sin_port = htons( TCPServerPort );	// 0 = choose port freely
     socket_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl( inet_addr("0.0.0.0") );
-    if ( bind( theSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &socket_addr,
+    if ( ::bind( theSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &socket_addr,
                sizeof(struct sockaddr_in) ) < 0 )
     {
 		arts_warning("MCOP TCPServer: can't bind to port/address");
diff --git a/mcop/unixserver.cc b/mcop/unixserver.cc
index acb3496..d70fe8e 100644
--- a/mcop/unixserver.cc
+++ b/mcop/unixserver.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ bool UnixServer::initSocket(const string& serverID)
 
 	xserverpath = socket_addr.sun_path;
 
-    if ( bind( theSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &socket_addr,
+    if ( ::bind( theSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &socket_addr,
                sizeof(struct sockaddr_un) ) < 0 )
     {
 		arts_warning("MCOP UnixServer: can't bind to file \"%s\"",
diff --git a/soundserver/gslplayobject_impl.cc b/soundserver/gslplayobject_impl.cc
index 217fe80..aafb41c 100644
--- a/soundserver/gslplayobject_impl.cc
+++ b/soundserver/gslplayobject_impl.cc
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public:
 	 */
 	std::string description()
 	{
-		return "no description available (see "__FILE__")";
+		return "no description available (see " __FILE__ ")";
 	}
 
 	poTime currentTime()
diff --git a/soundserver/wavplayobject_impl.cc b/soundserver/wavplayobject_impl.cc
index 6109f7c..8f5f2f1 100644
--- a/soundserver/wavplayobject_impl.cc
+++ b/soundserver/wavplayobject_impl.cc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public:
 	 * KMedia2 interface
 	 */
 	string description() {
-		return "no description (see "__FILE__")";
+		return "no description (see " __FILE__ ")";
 	}
 
 	poTime currentTime() {