diff --git a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/iterators/istream_iterator.hpp b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/iterators/istream_iterator.hpp
index d80f5ad1b..410c814c8 100644
--- a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/iterators/istream_iterator.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/iterators/istream_iterator.hpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace spirit
           : base_type() {}            // shipped with gcc 3.1
 #endif // BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GLIBCPP__, == 20020514)
 
-        basic_istream_iterator& operator=(base_type const& rhs)
+        basic_istream_iterator& operator=(basic_istream_iterator const& rhs)
         {
             this->base_type::operator=(rhs);
             return *this;
diff --git a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/iterators/look_ahead.hpp b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/iterators/look_ahead.hpp
index 8523bdd1c..be6cfd1bb 100644
--- a/include/boost/spirit/home/support/iterators/look_ahead.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/spirit/home/support/iterators/look_ahead.hpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace spirit
           : base_type() {}      // shipped with gcc 3.1
 #endif // BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GLIBCPP__, == 20020514)
 
-        look_ahead& operator=(base_type const& rhs)
+        look_ahead& operator=(look_ahead const& rhs)
         {
             this->base_type::operator=(rhs);
             return *this;