diff --git a/src/server/serve.c b/src/server/serve.c
index 649bd5e..de6b871 100644
--- a/src/server/serve.c
+++ b/src/server/serve.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ int tryjoin_client_thread( struct client_tbl_entry *entry, int (*joinfunc)(pthre
 			debug("nbd thread %016x exited (%s) with status %ld",
 					entry->thread,
 					s_client_address,
-					(uint64_t)status);
+					(uintptr_t)status);
 			client_destroy( entry->client );
 			entry->client = NULL;
 			entry->thread = 0;
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/test_happy_path.rb b/tests/acceptance/test_happy_path.rb
index c69c117..0a286c8 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/test_happy_path.rb
+++ b/tests/acceptance/test_happy_path.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ class TestHappyPath < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
 
   def test_write_to_high_block
+		# 
+		# This test does not work on 32 bit platforms.
+		#
+		skip("Not relevant on 32-bit platforms") if ( ["a"].pack("p").size < 8 )
+
     # Create a large file, then try to write to somewhere after the 2G boundary
     @env.truncate1 "4G"
     @env.serve1
diff --git a/tests/unit/check_bitset.c b/tests/unit/check_bitset.c
index 1dda229..36b4e55 100644
--- a/tests/unit/check_bitset.c
+++ b/tests/unit/check_bitset.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ END_TEST
 START_TEST(test_bit_ranges)
 {
 	bitfield_word_t buffer[BIT_WORDS_FOR_SIZE(4160)];
-	uint64_t  *longs = (unsigned long*) buffer;
+	uint64_t  *longs = (uint64_t *) buffer;
 	uint64_t i;
 
 	memset(buffer, 0, 4160);
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ START_TEST(test_bit_ranges)
 	for (i=0; i<64; i++) {
 		bit_set_range(buffer, i*64, i);
 		fail_unless(
-			longs[i] == (1UL<<i)-1,
+			longs[i] == (1ULL<<i)-1,
 			"longs[%ld] = %lx SHOULD BE %lx",
-			i, longs[i], (1L<<i)-1
+			i, longs[i], (1ULL<<i)-1
 		);
 
 		fail_unless(longs[i+1] == 0, "bit_set_range overshot at i=%d", i);
diff --git a/tests/unit/check_readwrite.c b/tests/unit/check_readwrite.c
index 2432a13..c158d7b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/check_readwrite.c
+++ b/tests/unit/check_readwrite.c
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ void * responder( void *respond_uncast )
 	struct respond * resp = (struct respond *) respond_uncast;
 	int sock_fd = resp->sock_fds[1];
 	struct nbd_request_raw request_raw;
-	char wrong_handle[] = "WHOOPSIE";
-
+	uint64_t wrong_handle = 0x80;
 
 	if( fd_read_request( sock_fd, &request_raw ) == -1){
 		fprintf(stderr, "Problem with fd_read_request\n");