diff --git a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/binary-xml-name.c b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/binary-xml-name.c
index c6f55f7..f36e0ef 100644
--- a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/binary-xml-name.c
+++ b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/binary-xml-name.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       // No more components.
       break;
     
-    unsigned char *component;
+    uint8_t *component;
     unsigned int componentLen;
     if ((error = ndn_BinaryXmlDecoder_readBinaryDTagElement(decoder, ndn_BinaryXml_DTag_Component, 0, &component, &componentLen)))
       return error;