diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index ceb449a9bb..37a4173864 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ CString GetCwd()
  *   http://www.theorem.com/java/CRC32.java,
  *   http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1952.html
  */
-void CRC32( unsigned int &iCRC, const char *pBuffer, size_t iSize )
+void CRC32( unsigned int &iCRC, const void *pVoidBuffer, size_t iSize )
 {
 	static unsigned tab[256];
 	static bool initted = false;
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ void CRC32( unsigned int &iCRC, const char *pBuffer, size_t iSize )
 	}
 
 	unsigned crc = 0;
+	const char *pBuffer = (const char *) pVoidBuffer;
 	for( unsigned i = 0; i < iSize; ++i )
 		iCRC = (iCRC >> 8) ^ tab[(iCRC ^ pBuffer[i]) & 0xFF];
 }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
index 3679f10109..1165105994 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ CString join( const CString &Delimitor, CStringArray::const_iterator begin, CStr
 
 CString GetCwd();
 
-void CRC32( unsigned int &iCRC, const char *pBuffer, size_t iSize );
+void CRC32( unsigned int &iCRC, const void *pBuffer, size_t iSize );
 unsigned int GetHashForString( const CString &s );
 unsigned int GetHashForFile( const CString &sPath );
 unsigned int GetHashForDirectory( const CString &sDir );	// a hash value that remains the same as long as nothing in the directory has changed