diff --git a/src/ifcconvert/XmlSerializer.cpp b/src/ifcconvert/XmlSerializer.cpp
index 702e5431f1..6106078999 100644
--- a/src/ifcconvert/XmlSerializer.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcconvert/XmlSerializer.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ typename V::list::ptr get_related(T* t, F f, G g) {
 	typename V::list::ptr acc(new typename V::list);
 	for (typename U::list::it it = li->begin(); it != li->end(); ++it) {
 		U* u = *it;
-		acc->push((*u.*g)()->as<V>());
+		acc->push((*u.*g)()->template as<V>());
 	}
 	return acc;
 }
diff --git a/src/ifcparse/IfcUtil.h b/src/ifcparse/IfcUtil.h
index 565f19f439..d135119168 100644
--- a/src/ifcparse/IfcUtil.h
+++ b/src/ifcparse/IfcUtil.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace IfcUtil {
 		virtual const char* getArgumentName(unsigned int i) const = 0;
 
 		template <class T>
-		typename T* as() {
+		T* as() {
 			return is(T::Class()) 
 				? static_cast<T*>(this) 
 				: static_cast<T*>(0);