diff --git a/src/conf.h b/src/conf.h
index 3d640bb5..1ac024c8 100644
--- a/src/conf.h
+++ b/src/conf.h
@@ -40,8 +40,16 @@
 #if ((ACC_OS_WIN32 || ACC_OS_WIN64) && ACC_CC_MWERKS) && defined(__MSL__)
 #  undef HAVE_UTIME_H /* this pulls in <windows.h> */
 #endif
+// FIXME - quick hack for arm-wince-gcc-3.4 (Debian pocketpc*.deb packages)
+#if 1 && (ACC_ARCH_ARM) && defined(__pe__)
+#  undef HAVE_CHMOD
+#  undef HAVE_CHOWN
+#  undef HAVE_LSTAT
+#  undef HAVE_UTIME
+#endif
 
 
+// pragmas
 #if (ACC_CC_BORLANDC)
 #  if (__BORLANDC__ < 0x0500)
 #    error "need Borland C++ 5.0 or newer"
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 1e7ef702..448a9e21 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -577,6 +577,11 @@ unsigned get_ratio(unsigned u_len, unsigned c_len)
 
 extern "C" {
 
+// FIXME - quick hack for arm-wince-gcc-3.4 (Debian pocketpc*.deb packages)
+#if 1 && (ACC_ARCH_ARM) && defined(__pe__)
+int dup(int fd) { UNUSED(fd); return -1; }
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__DJGPP__)
 int _is_executable(const char *, int, const char *)
 {