--- eccodes-2.8.0-Source.orig/src/grib_api_prototypes.h	2018-06-12 13:50:54.000000000 +0200
+++ eccodes-2.8.0-Source/src/grib_api_prototypes.h	2018-06-28 14:58:28.302344717 +0200
@@ -869,8 +869,8 @@ double grib_ieeefloat_error(double x);
 double grib_long_to_ieee(unsigned long x);
 int grib_nearest_smaller_ieee_float(double a, double *x);
 unsigned long grib_ieee_to_long(double x);
-unsigned long grib_ieee64_to_long(double x);
-double grib_long_to_ieee64(unsigned long x);
+uint64_t grib_ieee64_to_long(double x);
+double grib_long_to_ieee64(uint64_t x);
 int grib_ieee_decode_array(grib_context *c, unsigned char *buf, size_t nvals, int bytes, double *val);
 int grib_ieee_decode_array(grib_context *c, unsigned char *buf, size_t nvals, int bytes, double *val);
 int grib_ieee_encode_array(grib_context *c, double *val, size_t nvals, int bytes, unsigned char *buf);
--- eccodes-2.8.0-Source.orig/src/grib_ieeefloat.c	2018-06-12 13:50:54.000000000 +0200
+++ eccodes-2.8.0-Source/src/grib_ieeefloat.c	2018-06-28 14:58:28.303344693 +0200
@@ -392,14 +392,14 @@ unsigned long grib_ieee_to_long(double x
  * grib_encode_unsigned_long.
  */
 
-unsigned long grib_ieee64_to_long(double x)
+uint64_t grib_ieee64_to_long(double x)
 {
     unsigned long lval;
     memcpy(&lval,&x,8);
     return lval;
 }
 
-double grib_long_to_ieee64 (unsigned long x)
+double grib_long_to_ieee64(uint64_t x)
 {
     double dval;
     memcpy(&dval,&x,8);