diff -Nru qmmp-1.0.5/debian/changelog qmmp-1.0.5/debian/changelog
--- qmmp-1.0.5/debian/changelog	2016-05-03 06:41:33.000000000 +0000
+++ qmmp-1.0.5/debian/changelog	2016-08-18 22:11:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+qmmp (1.0.5-1.1+rpi1) stretch-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add -fpermissive to stop compiler moaning about signedness of char pointer targets.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:11:21 +0000
+
 qmmp (1.0.5-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
diff -Nru qmmp-1.0.5/debian/rules qmmp-1.0.5/debian/rules
--- qmmp-1.0.5/debian/rules	2016-05-03 06:40:44.000000000 +0000
+++ qmmp-1.0.5/debian/rules	2016-08-18 22:11:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS)
 CXXFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS)
 
+# Stop compiler moaning about char pointer signedness
+CFLAGS += -fpermissive
+CXXFLAGS += -fpermissive
+
 # Prevent useless dependencies
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,--as-needed