diff --git a/src/bare.lsp.in b/src/bare.lsp.in
index 0ceb51e5d..788078393 100644
--- a/src/bare.lsp.in
+++ b/src/bare.lsp.in
@@ -21,15 +21,18 @@
 ;;;
 ;;; * Load Common-Lisp base library
 ;;;
-(if (member "ECL-MIN" *features* :test #'string-equal)
+(if (or (member "ECL-MIN" *features* :test #'string-equal)
+	(member "CROSS" *features* :test #'string-equal))
   (load "lsp/load.lsp" :verbose nil))
+
 (defun si::process-command-args () )
 
 ;;;
 ;;; * Load PCL-based Common-Lisp Object System
 ;;;
 (setf sys::*gc-verbose* nil)
-#+(and wants-clos ecl-min)
+(print *features*)
+#+(or (and wants-clos ecl-min) cross)
 (load "clos/load.lsp")
 
 ;;;
diff --git a/src/c/Makefile.in b/src/c/Makefile.in
index 5c43a2f2e..9c3e6781f 100644
--- a/src/c/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/c/Makefile.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ VPATH	= @srcdir@
 # Programs used by "make":
 #
 TRUE_CC = @CC@
-CC	= @ECL_CC@
+CC	= @CC@
 CFLAGS	= -c -I$(srcdir) -I$(HDIR) -I../h @BOEHM_HEADERS@ @CFLAGS@ @ECL_CFLAGS@ \
 #	  -Wall -W -Wfloat-equal -Wundef -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align \
 #	  -Wwrite-strings -Wconversion -Wsign-compare -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls \
diff --git a/src/c/cinit.d b/src/c/cinit.d
index 45e6520ec..17cca40db 100644
--- a/src/c/cinit.d
+++ b/src/c/cinit.d
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ main(int argc, char **args)
 }
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" void init_LSP(void);
-extern "C" void init_CLOS(void);
+extern "C" void init_LSP(cl_object);
+extern "C" void init_CLOS(cl_object);
 #endif
 
-void init_LSP(void) {}
-void init_CLOS(void) {}
+void init_LSP(cl_object o) {}
+void init_CLOS(cl_object o) {}
diff --git a/src/c/load.d b/src/c/load.d
index 052df1b84..a52fd983b 100644
--- a/src/c/load.d
+++ b/src/c/load.d
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ si_load_binary(cl_object filename, cl_object verbose, cl_object print)
 
 	/* Finally, perform initialization */
 GO_ON:	
-	read_VV(block, block->cblock.entry);
+	read_VV(block, (void (*)(cl_object))(block->cblock.entry));
 	output = Cnil;
 OUTPUT:
 #ifdef ECL_THREADS
diff --git a/src/c/read.d b/src/c/read.d
index 6ad2c1343..1f1fe35a9 100644
--- a/src/c/read.d
+++ b/src/c/read.d
@@ -1789,14 +1789,12 @@ init_read(void)
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 cl_object
-read_VV(cl_object block, void *entry)
+read_VV(cl_object block, void (*entry_point)(cl_object))
 {
 	volatile cl_object old_eptbc = cl_core.packages_to_be_created;
-	typedef void (*entry_point_ptr)(cl_object);
 	volatile cl_object x;
 	cl_index i, len;
 	cl_object in;
-	entry_point_ptr entry_point = (entry_point_ptr)entry;
 	cl_object *VV;
 
 	if (block == NULL)
diff --git a/src/clos/load.lsp.in b/src/clos/load.lsp.in
index 0168fbf9f..9fb088f93 100644
--- a/src/clos/load.lsp.in
+++ b/src/clos/load.lsp.in
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@
   "src:clos;inspect.lsp"
   "src:clos;conditions.lsp"))
 
+#-cross
 (mapc #'(lambda (x) (load x :verbose nil)) +clos-module-files+)
diff --git a/src/clos/method.lsp b/src/clos/method.lsp
index 663b41a38..1a0b278c9 100644
--- a/src/clos/method.lsp
+++ b/src/clos/method.lsp
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@
 	      (LOAD)
 	    (SI:RECORD-SOURCE-PATHNAME
 	     ',name '(DEFMETHOD ',qualifiers ',specializers)))
-	  (EVAL-WHEN (COMPILE LOAD EVAL)
-	    (INSTALL-METHOD
+	  (INSTALL-METHOD
 	     ',name
 	     ',qualifiers
 	     ',specializers
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@
 	     ',doc
 	     ',plist
 	     ,fn-form)
-	    ))))))
+	    )))))
 
 
 ;;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/clos/walk.lsp b/src/clos/walk.lsp
index 218a9e7f1..589f67f17 100644
--- a/src/clos/walk.lsp
+++ b/src/clos/walk.lsp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 		  (if wfop walk-form         (second lock))
 		  (if decp declarations      (third lock))
 		  (if lexp lexical-variables (fourth lock)))))))
-		  
+
 (defun env-walk-function (env)
   (declare (si::c-local))
   (first (env-lock env)))
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 ;;;       walker.
 ;;;
 
-(eval-when (compile load eval)
+(eval-when (#-cross compile load eval)
 
 (defmacro get-walker-template-internal (x) ;Has to be inside eval-when because
   `(get-sysprop ,x 'WALKER-TEMPLATE))	   ;Golden Common Lisp doesn't hack
diff --git a/src/cmp/cmpcall.lsp b/src/cmp/cmpcall.lsp
index fca85336f..0e9ec1d80 100644
--- a/src/cmp/cmpcall.lsp
+++ b/src/cmp/cmpcall.lsp
@@ -220,7 +220,11 @@
 	;; We only write declarations for functions which are not
 	;; in lisp_external.h
 	(when (and (not found) (not (si::mangle-name fname t)))
+	  (wt-h "#ifdef __cplusplus")
+	  (wt-h "extern cl_object " fd "(...);")
+	  (wt-h "#else")
 	  (wt-h "extern cl_object " fd "();")
+	  (wt-h "#endif")
 	  (setf (gethash fd *compiler-declared-globals*) 1)))
       (unwind-exit
        (if (minusp maxarg)
diff --git a/src/cmp/cmpmain.lsp b/src/cmp/cmpmain.lsp
index 7ab82d4dc..5e50aa911 100644
--- a/src/cmp/cmpmain.lsp
+++ b/src/cmp/cmpmain.lsp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ coprocessor).")
 #define ECL_CPP_TAG
 #endif
 
-~{	extern ECL_CPP_TAG void init_~A();~%~}
+~{	extern ECL_CPP_TAG void init_~A(cl_object);~%~}
 
 ")
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ coprocessor).")
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern \"C\"
 #endif
-int init_~A(cl_object cblock)
+void init_~A(cl_object cblock)
 {
 	static cl_object Cblock;
 	cl_object subblock;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ int init_~A(cl_object cblock)
 	VV = Cblock->cblock.data;
 #endif
 	~A
-~:[~{	subblock = read_VV(OBJNULL,init_~A); subblock->cblock.next = Cblock;~%~}
+~:[~{	subblock = read_VV(OBJNULL, init_~A); subblock->cblock.next = Cblock;~%~}
 ~;~{	init_~A(Cblock);~%~}~]
 
 	~A
diff --git a/src/compile.lsp.in b/src/compile.lsp.in
index 88ed0ad26..87ee1c541 100644
--- a/src/compile.lsp.in
+++ b/src/compile.lsp.in
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 ;;;	- On a second stage, using the final ECL executable, to test it.
 ;;;
 
+(setq *package* (find-package "SYSTEM"))
+
 ;;;
 ;;; * Ensure that we have the whole of Common-Lisp to compile
 ;;;
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ cd ..; rm -rf tmp/*'")))
 
 (si::pathname-translations "SYS" '(("**;*.*.*" "@ecldir@/**/*.*")))
 
-#+(or (not stage1) WANTS-CMP)
+#+(and (not cross) (or (not stage1) WANTS-CMP))
 (let ((objects (compile-if-old "build:cmp;" +cmp-module-files+
 				:system-p t :c-file t :data-file t :h-file t)))
   (c::build-static-library "cmp" :lisp-files objects)
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 34095e034..0315e22ac 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -861,7 +861,6 @@ Optional Features:
 --enable-local-gmp     Use already installed GMP library.
 --enable-threads	Include the multiple thread facility.
 --disable-shared       Disable building dynamically loadable extensions.
---enable-cxx           Build ECL using C++ compiler.
 --enable-opcode8       Interpreter uses 8-bit codes (only Intel!).
 
 Optional Packages:
@@ -874,6 +873,7 @@ Optional Packages:
 --with-cmuformat       Use the FORMAT routine from CMUCL.
 --with-clos-streams    Allow user defined stream objects.
 --with-ffi		Run-time foreign data manipulation.
+--with-cxx             Build ECL using C++ compiler.
   --with-x                use the X Window System
 
 Some influential environment variables:
@@ -1475,10 +1475,11 @@ if test "${with_ffi+set}" = set; then
   withval="$with_ffi"
   ffi="yes"
 fi;
-# Check whether --enable-cxx or --disable-cxx was given.
-if test "${enable_cxx+set}" = set; then
-  enableval="$enable_cxx"
-  usecxx=${enableval}
+
+# Check whether --with-cxx or --without-cxx was given.
+if test "${with_cxx+set}" = set; then
+  withval="$with_cxx"
+  usecxx="${withval}"
 else
   usecxx="no"
 fi;
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index feb6b3aae..5afc81dc3 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(clos-streams,
 AC_ARG_WITH(ffi,
 	[--with-ffi		Run-time foreign data manipulation.],
 	ffi="yes")
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(cxx,
-	[--enable-cxx           Build ECL using C++ compiler.],
-	usecxx=${enableval},usecxx="no")
+AC_ARG_WITH(cxx,
+	[--with-cxx             Build ECL using C++ compiler.],
+	usecxx="${withval}",usecxx="no")
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(opcode8,
 	[--enable-opcode8       Interpreter uses 8-bit codes (only Intel!).],
 	opcode8=${enableval},opcode8="no")
diff --git a/src/h/external.h b/src/h/external.h
index c5d35a568..337745c41 100644
--- a/src/h/external.h
+++ b/src/h/external.h
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ extern cl_object ecl_current_readtable(void);
 extern int ecl_current_read_base(void);
 extern char ecl_current_read_default_float_format(void);
 extern cl_object c_string_to_object(const char *s);
-extern cl_object read_VV(cl_object block, void *entry);
+extern cl_object read_VV(cl_object block, void (*entry)(cl_object));
 
 
 /* reference.c */
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ extern cl_object si_chdir _ARGS((cl_narg narg, cl_object directory, ...));
 extern cl_object si_mkdir(cl_object directory, cl_object mode);
 extern cl_object cl_directory _ARGS((cl_narg narg, cl_object directory, ...));
 extern cl_object cl_user_homedir_pathname _ARGS((cl_narg narg, ...));
-extern cl_object si_mkstemp(cl_object template);
+extern cl_object si_mkstemp(cl_object templ);
 
 extern const char *expand_pathname(const char *name);
 extern cl_object ecl_string_to_pathname(char *s);
diff --git a/src/h/internal.h b/src/h/internal.h
index b8aa47a97..3f8c29dd8 100644
--- a/src/h/internal.h
+++ b/src/h/internal.h
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ extern void init_stacks(int *);
 extern void init_unixint(void);
 extern void init_unixtime(void);
 extern void ecl_init_env(struct cl_env_struct *);
-extern void init_LSP(void);
-extern void init_CLOS(void);
+extern void init_LSP(cl_object);
+extern void init_CLOS(cl_object);
 
 /* all_functions.d */
 
diff --git a/src/h/object.h b/src/h/object.h
index 000a90b9a..73adf49d0 100644
--- a/src/h/object.h
+++ b/src/h/object.h
@@ -535,7 +535,15 @@ typedef enum {
 /*
 	Type_of.
 */
-#define	type_of(obje)	((cl_type)(IMMEDIATE(obje) ? IMMEDIATE(obje) : (((cl_object)(obje)) ->d.t)))
+#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(__GNUC__)
+static inline cl_type type_of(cl_object o) {
+	int i = IMMEDIATE(o);
+	return (i? (cl_type)i : (cl_type)(o->d.t));
+}
+#else
+#define	type_of(o) \
+	((cl_type)(IMMEDIATE(o) ? IMMEDIATE(o) : ((o)->d.t)))
+#endif
 
 /*
 	This is used to retrieve optional arguments
diff --git a/src/lsp/load.lsp.in b/src/lsp/load.lsp.in
index 6f8e3c81a..a2cff64f9 100644
--- a/src/lsp/load.lsp.in
+++ b/src/lsp/load.lsp.in
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-(load "src:lsp;export.lsp" :verbose nil)
-(load "src:lsp;defmacro.lsp" :verbose nil)
-(load "src:lsp;helpfile.lsp" :verbose nil)
-(load "src:lsp;evalmacros.lsp" :verbose nil)
+(if (not (member "CROSS" *features* :test #'string-equal))
+  (progn
+    (load "src:lsp;export.lsp" :verbose nil)
+    (load "src:lsp;defmacro.lsp" :verbose nil)
+    (load "src:lsp;helpfile.lsp" :verbose nil)
+    (load "src:lsp;evalmacros.lsp" :verbose nil)))
 
-(defconstant +lisp-module-files+
+(sys:*make-constant '+lisp-module-files+
 '("src:lsp;export.lsp"
   "src:lsp;defmacro.lsp"
   "src:lsp;helpfile.lsp"
@@ -43,5 +45,5 @@
   "src:lsp;mp.lsp"
 ))
 
-(mapc #'(lambda (x) (load x :verbose nil)) (cddddr +lisp-module-files+))
-
+#-cross
+(mapc #'(lambda (x) (load x :verbose nil)) (cddddr +lisp-module-files+))
\ No newline at end of file