diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index eeb6404..a3270c6 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-01-17 Paul Jakma <paul.jakma@sun.com>
+
+	* md5.{c,h}: (md5_loop) Is better off taking a void * and doing
+	  cast to byte wise type internally, avoids needs for casts 
+	  in users.
+
 2006-01-16 Paul Jakma <paul.jakma@sun.com>
 
 	* zclient.h: Update the Zserv protocol header with a version
diff --git a/lib/md5.c b/lib/md5.c
index e994085..0340e45 100644
--- a/lib/md5.c
+++ b/lib/md5.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* $USAGI: md5.c,v 1.2 2000/11/02 11:59:24 yoshfuji Exp $ */
 /*	$KAME: md5.c,v 1.2 2000/05/27 07:07:48 jinmei Exp $	*/
-/*	$Id: md5.c,v 1.4 2005/11/03 09:00:23 paul Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: md5.c,v 1.5 2006/01/17 17:40:45 paul Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2004 6WIND
@@ -146,9 +146,10 @@
 	memset (ctxt->md5_buf, 0, sizeof(ctxt->md5_buf));
 }
 
-void md5_loop(md5_ctxt *ctxt, const uint8_t *input, uint len)
+void md5_loop(md5_ctxt *ctxt, const void *vinput, uint len)
 {
 	uint gap, i;
+	uint8_t *input = vinput;
 
 	ctxt->md5_n += len * 8; /* byte to bit */
 	gap = MD5_BUFLEN - ctxt->md5_i;
diff --git a/lib/md5.h b/lib/md5.h
index 9e627dd..89b9a32 100644
--- a/lib/md5.h
+++ b/lib/md5.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* $USAGI: md5.h,v 1.2 2000/11/02 11:59:25 yoshfuji Exp $ */
 /*	$KAME: md5.h,v 1.4 2000/03/27 04:36:22 sumikawa Exp $	*/
-/*	$Id: md5.h,v 1.2 2005/11/03 09:00:23 paul Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: md5.h,v 1.3 2006/01/17 17:40:45 paul Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2004 6WIND
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 } md5_ctxt;
 
 extern void md5_init (md5_ctxt *);
-extern void md5_loop (md5_ctxt *, const uint8_t *, u_int);
+extern void md5_loop (md5_ctxt *, const void *, u_int);
 extern void md5_pad (md5_ctxt *);
 extern void md5_result (uint8_t *, md5_ctxt *);