diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af96791f..43403670 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 .vscode
-build
+build*
diff --git a/src/rttr/detail/type/type_register.h b/src/rttr/detail/type/type_register.h
index 56e78ba6..62e668dd 100644
--- a/src/rttr/detail/type/type_register.h
+++ b/src/rttr/detail/type/type_register.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class RTTR_API type_register
 
 private:
 
-    friend class type;
+    friend class rttr::type;
     template<typename T>
     friend class class_;
 
diff --git a/src/rttr/detail/variant/variant_data_policy.h b/src/rttr/detail/variant/variant_data_policy.h
index 8e2a081f..7644d1d2 100644
--- a/src/rttr/detail/variant/variant_data_policy.h
+++ b/src/rttr/detail/variant/variant_data_policy.h
@@ -230,14 +230,25 @@ enable_if_t<is_wrapper<T>::value && !is_dereferenceable<Tp>::value, argument> ge
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 template<typename T>
-enable_if_t<!is_wrapper<T>::value && 
-            is_dereferenceable<T>::value, argument> get_reference_argument(T& value)
-{ 
+enable_if_t< !is_wrapper<T>::value && is_dereferenceable<T>::value &&
+             !std::is_void<typename std::remove_pointer<T>::type>::value, argument> get_reference_argument(T& value)
+{   
     return argument(*value);
 }
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+template<typename T>
+enable_if_t<!is_wrapper<T>::value && is_dereferenceable<T>::value && 
+            std::is_void<typename std::remove_pointer<T>::type>::value, argument> get_reference_argument(T& value)
+{ 
+    // This is specifically for the scenario when T is void*. And since we cannot actually do anything 
+    // meaningful with a void* variable we will just return an empty argument.
+    return argument();
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 template<typename T>
 enable_if_t<!is_wrapper<T>::value &&
             !is_dereferenceable<T>::value, argument> get_reference_argument(T& value)