diff --git a/libtransmission/internal.h b/libtransmission/internal.h
index 1b1ead331..9fdb91d89 100644
--- a/libtransmission/internal.h
+++ b/libtransmission/internal.h
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 #endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#ifdef SYS_BEOS
+/* BeOS doesn't declare vasprintf in its headers, but actually
+ * implements it */
+int vasprintf( char **, const char *, va_list );
+#endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/libtransmission/platform.c b/libtransmission/platform.c
index d977cf876..22aef69ff 100644
--- a/libtransmission/platform.c
+++ b/libtransmission/platform.c
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ void tr_condSignal( tr_cond_t * c )
 
 void tr_condClose( tr_cond_t * c )
 {
-#ifndef SYS_BEOS
+#ifdef SYS_BEOS
+    *c = -1; /* Shut up gcc */
+#else
     pthread_cond_destroy( c );
 #endif
 }