diff --git a/include/pybind11/cast.h b/include/pybind11/cast.h
index 5dda8f7d3..38918ee89 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/cast.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/cast.h
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public:
 protected:
     template <typename T = type, typename std::enable_if<detail::is_copy_constructible<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
     static void *copy_constructor(const void *arg) {
-        return new type(*((const type *) arg));
+        return (void *) new type(*((const type *) arg));
     }
     template <typename T = type, typename std::enable_if<!detail::is_copy_constructible<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
     static void *copy_constructor(const void *) { return nullptr; }
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ public:
             return true;
         } else if (PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(src.ptr()), typeinfo->type)) {
             auto inst = (instance<type, holder_type> *) src.ptr();
-            value = inst->value;
+            value = (void *) inst->value;
             holder = inst->holder;
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
index c78f1e220..4cf8ead1f 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ private:
     template <typename T>
     static void init_holder_helper(instance_type *inst, const holder_type * /* unused */, const std::enable_shared_from_this<T> * /* dummy */) {
         try {
-            new (&inst->holder) holder_type(inst->value->shared_from_this());
+            new (&inst->holder) holder_type(std::static_pointer_cast<type>(inst->value->shared_from_this()));
         } catch (const std::bad_weak_ptr &) {
             new (&inst->holder) holder_type(inst->value);
         }