diff --git a/src/common/filefn.cpp b/src/common/filefn.cpp
index c23f02bf1c..f0bfce34c2 100644
--- a/src/common/filefn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filefn.cpp
@@ -1373,7 +1373,12 @@ wxChar *wxGetTempFileName(const wxString& prefix, wxChar *buf)
         return NULL;
 
     if ( buf )
+#ifdef _PACC_VER
+        // work around the PalmOS pacc compiler bug
+        wxStrcpy(buf, filename.data());
+#else
         wxStrcpy(buf, filename);
+#endif
     else
         buf = MYcopystring(filename);
 
diff --git a/src/common/sysopt.cpp b/src/common/sysopt.cpp
index 56227995c9..d27f46c726 100644
--- a/src/common/sysopt.cpp
+++ b/src/common/sysopt.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@ wxString wxSystemOptions::GetOption(const wxString& name)
 
 int wxSystemOptions::GetOptionInt(const wxString& name)
 {
-    return wxAtoi(GetOption(name));
+#ifdef _PACC_VER
+    // work around the PalmOS pacc compiler bug
+    return wxAtoi (GetOption(name).data());
+#else
+    return wxAtoi (GetOption(name));
+#endif
 }
 
 bool wxSystemOptions::HasOption(const wxString& name)