diff --git a/src/Format.cpp b/src/Format.cpp
index 2efebdfcb2..b2621309fd 100644
--- a/src/Format.cpp
+++ b/src/Format.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 using std::string;
 using std::distance;
-
+using std::find_if;
 
 namespace lyx {
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/controllers/ControlRef.cpp b/src/frontends/controllers/ControlRef.cpp
index dc7da17fc7..9dd75ac24d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/controllers/ControlRef.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/controllers/ControlRef.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int ControlRef::getBufferNum() const
 	vector<string> buffers = theBufferList().getFileNames();
 	string const name = kernel().buffer().fileName();
 	vector<string>::const_iterator cit =
-		find(buffers.begin(), buffers.end(), name);
+		std::find(buffers.begin(), buffers.end(), name);
 	if (cit == buffers.end())
 		return 0;
 	return int(cit - buffers.begin());
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/QGraphics.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/QGraphics.cpp
index 3e6e6bf405..5bf10781de 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/QGraphics.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/QGraphics.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace {
 // returns the number of the string s in the vector v
 int getItemNo(vector<string> v, string const & s) {
 	vector<string>::const_iterator cit =
-		    find(v.begin(), v.end(), s);
+		std::find(v.begin(), v.end(), s);
 	return (cit != v.end()) ? int(cit - v.begin()) : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/status.15x b/status.15x
index fc10ca578e..dbaa7e59a1 100644
--- a/status.15x
+++ b/status.15x
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ What's new
 
 * BUILD/INSTALLATION:
 
-- new script postats.py used to generate translation statistics for the main
+- New script postats.py used to generate translation statistics for the main
   page.
 
 - Dutch dictionary now downloads
+
+- Fix compilation with gcc 4.3 (soon to be released)