diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index 14950238..0f10b569 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -2129,6 +2129,7 @@ evthread_notify_base_default(struct event_base *base)
 	return (r < 0 && errno != EAGAIN) ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef EVENT__HAVE_EVENTFD
 /* Helper callback: wake an event_base from another thread.  This version
  * assumes that you have a working eventfd() implementation. */
 static int
@@ -2142,6 +2143,8 @@ evthread_notify_base_eventfd(struct event_base *base)
 
 	return (r < 0) ? -1 : 0;
 }
+#endif
+
 
 /** Tell the thread currently running the event_loop for base (if any) that it
  * needs to stop waiting in its dispatch function (if it is) and process all
@@ -2963,6 +2966,7 @@ event_set_mem_functions(void *(*malloc_fn)(size_t sz),
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef EVENT__HAVE_EVENTFD
 static void
 evthread_notify_drain_eventfd(evutil_socket_t fd, short what, void *arg)
 {
@@ -2978,6 +2982,7 @@ evthread_notify_drain_eventfd(evutil_socket_t fd, short what, void *arg)
 	base->is_notify_pending = 0;
 	EVBASE_RELEASE_LOCK(base, th_base_lock);
 }
+#endif
 
 static void
 evthread_notify_drain_default(evutil_socket_t fd, short what, void *arg)
@@ -3012,13 +3017,16 @@ evthread_make_base_notifiable(struct event_base *base)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+#ifdef EVENT__HAVE_EVENTFD
 	base->th_notify_fd[0] = evutil_eventfd_(0,
 	    EVUTIL_EFD_CLOEXEC|EVUTIL_EFD_NONBLOCK);
 	if (base->th_notify_fd[0] >= 0) {
 		base->th_notify_fd[1] = -1;
 		notify = evthread_notify_base_eventfd;
 		cb = evthread_notify_drain_eventfd;
-	} else if (evutil_make_internal_pipe_(base->th_notify_fd) == 0) {
+	} else
+#endif
+	if (evutil_make_internal_pipe_(base->th_notify_fd) == 0) {
 		notify = evthread_notify_base_default;
 		cb = evthread_notify_drain_default;
 	} else {
diff --git a/test/regress_buffer.c b/test/regress_buffer.c
index 05f17906..dfb680b5 100644
--- a/test/regress_buffer.c
+++ b/test/regress_buffer.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ test_evbuffer_add_file(void *ptr)
 		data = malloc(1024*512);
 		tt_assert(data);
 		for (i = 0; i < datalen; ++i)
-			data[i] = evutil_weakrand_();
+			data[i] = (char)evutil_weakrand_();
 	} else {
 		data = strdup("here is a relatively small string.");
 		tt_assert(data);