diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5ce3ff3c3d8d0c8308be915f924c8ee04b2d580d..1dea31ffee2dce1c5008df6b693d7b106c83b5d7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -824,7 +824,9 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
     AC_MSG_RESULT([Success!])
   ], [
     AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot build & run test program using ftd2xx.lib])
-  ] )
+  ], [
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([Skipping as we are cross-compiling])
+  ])
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build ftd2xx highspeed device support])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$want_ftd2xx_highspeed])
@@ -891,7 +893,10 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
       AC_MSG_RESULT([Success])
     ], [
       AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot build & run test program using libftdi])
+    ], [
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([Skipping as we are cross-compiling])
     ])
+
   # Restore the 'unexpanded ldflags'
   LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS_SAVE
   CFLAGS=$CFLAGS_SAVE
diff --git a/src/helper/replacements.h b/src/helper/replacements.h
index 84530d3f78f7acb8385fe6a0c3d36d56c63269e1..697476a4434819fc097c0dd4794e0412da9db555 100644
--- a/src/helper/replacements.h
+++ b/src/helper/replacements.h
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static __inline int socket_select(int max_fd, fd_set *rfds, fd_set *wfds, fd_set
 
 #ifndef HAVE_ELF_H
 
+#include "types.h"
+
 typedef uint32_t	Elf32_Addr;
 typedef uint16_t	Elf32_Half;
 typedef uint32_t	Elf32_Off;