diff --git a/sapi/cgi/fastcgi.c b/sapi/cgi/fastcgi.c
index 8ddc2e45772..61336683066 100644
--- a/sapi/cgi/fastcgi.c
+++ b/sapi/cgi/fastcgi.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ static inline void fcgi_close(fcgi_request *req, int force, int destroy)
 
 				shutdown(req->fd, 1);
 				/* read the last FCGI_STDIN header (it may be omitted) */
-				recv(req->fd, &buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+				recv(req->fd, (char *)(&buf), sizeof(buf), 0);
 			}
 			closesocket(req->fd);
 		}
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ static inline void fcgi_close(fcgi_request *req, int force, int destroy)
 
 			shutdown(req->fd, 1);
 			/* read the last FCGI_STDIN header (it may be omitted) */
-			recv(req->fd, &buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+			recv(req->fd, (char *)(&buf), sizeof(buf), 0);
 		}
 		close(req->fd);
 #endif