diff --git a/mu/Makefile.am b/mu/Makefile.am
index 8b78824a..fcc18356 100644
--- a/mu/Makefile.am
+++ b/mu/Makefile.am
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS=-I${top_srcdir}/lib $(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 # use -Wno-unused-parameters, because some callbacks may not
 # really need all the params they get
 AM_CFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wdeclaration-after-statement \
-	-pedantic -Wno-variadic-macros \
+	-Wno-variadic-macros \
         -DMU_SCRIPTS_DIR="\"$(pkgdatadir)/scripts/\""
 AM_CXXFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter
 
diff --git a/mu/mu-config.c b/mu/mu-config.c
index e48f22a0..21848969 100644
--- a/mu/mu-config.c
+++ b/mu/mu-config.c
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ config_options_group_mu (void)
 		 "specify an alternative mu directory", "<dir>"},
 		{"log-stderr", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &MU_CONFIG.log_stderr,
 		 "log to standard error (false)", NULL},
-		{"color", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK, &config_options_set_color,
+		{"color", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK,
+		 (gpointer)&config_options_set_color,
 		 "colorize output (never|auto|always)", "<mode>"},
 		{"verbose", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &MU_CONFIG.verbose,
 		 "verbose output (false)", NULL},