diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 90e89f88..1d4442ef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ What's New for OpenJPEG
 ! : changed
 + : added
 
+
+March 7, 2010
+* [FOD] Fixed small compatibility issues with win32 in codec (moved include <strings.h>)
+
 March 5, 2010
 ! [FOD] Updated makefiles for v1.4 and v2.0
 + [FOD] First import of OPJ_Validate tool
diff --git a/OPJ_Validate/OPJ_Validate.c b/OPJ_Validate/OPJ_Validate.c
index e35b6294..7153725a 100644
--- a/OPJ_Validate/OPJ_Validate.c
+++ b/OPJ_Validate/OPJ_Validate.c
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		}
 	}		
 
-	printf("\n\REPORT;\n%d tests num_passed\n%d tests num_failed\n%d MD5 were num_inexistant\n", num_passed, num_failed, num_inexistant);
-	fprintf(report_file,"\n\REPORT;\n%d tests num_passed\n%d tests num_failed\n%d MD5 were num_inexistant\n", num_passed, num_failed, num_inexistant);
+	printf("\nREPORT;\n%d tests num_passed\n%d tests num_failed\n%d MD5 were num_inexistant\n", num_passed, num_failed, num_inexistant);
+	fprintf(report_file,"\nREPORT;\n%d tests num_passed\n%d tests num_failed\n%d MD5 were num_inexistant\n", num_passed, num_failed, num_inexistant);
 	fclose(param_file);
 	fclose(report_file);
 		
diff --git a/codec/image_to_j2k.c b/codec/image_to_j2k.c
index bde18543..f0314562 100644
--- a/codec/image_to_j2k.c
+++ b/codec/image_to_j2k.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <strings.h> /* strncasecmp */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
@@ -42,8 +41,9 @@
 #include "index.h"
 
 #ifndef WIN32
-#define stricmp strcasecmp
-#define strnicmp strncasecmp
+#include <strings.h>
+#define _stricmp strcasecmp
+#define _strnicmp strncasecmp
 #endif
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ int get_file_format(char *filename) {
 		return -1;
 	ext++;
 	for(i = 0; i < sizeof(format)/sizeof(*format); i++) {
-		if(strnicmp(ext, extension[i], 3) == 0) {
+		if(_strnicmp(ext, extension[i], 3) == 0) {
 			return format[i];
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/codec/j2k_to_image.c b/codec/j2k_to_image.c
index feee30a0..72245b09 100644
--- a/codec/j2k_to_image.c
+++ b/codec/j2k_to_image.c
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 #include "index.h"
 
 #ifndef WIN32
-#define stricmp strcasecmp
-#define strnicmp strncasecmp
+#define _stricmp strcasecmp
+#define _strnicmp strncasecmp
 #endif
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int get_file_format(char *filename) {
 	ext++;
 	if(ext) {
 		for(i = 0; i < sizeof(format)/sizeof(*format); i++) {
-			if(strnicmp(ext, extension[i], 3) == 0) {
+			if(_strnicmp(ext, extension[i], 3) == 0) {
 				return format[i];
 			}
 		}