diff --git a/include/znc/Buffer.h b/include/znc/Buffer.h
index 2da9a193..c358eaf9 100644
--- a/include/znc/Buffer.h
+++ b/include/znc/Buffer.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class CClient;
 
 class CBufLine {
 public:
+	CBufLine() { throw 0; } // shouldn't be called, but is needed for compilation
 	CBufLine(const CString& sFormat, const CString& sText = "", const timeval* ts = 0);
 	~CBufLine();
 	CString GetLine(const CClient& Client, const MCString& msParams) const;
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ protected:
 
 class CBuffer : private std::deque<CBufLine> {
 public:
+	typedef typename std::deque<CBufLine>::size_type size_type;
+
 	CBuffer(unsigned int uLineCount = 100);
 	~CBuffer();
 
diff --git a/include/znc/Utils.h b/include/znc/Utils.h
index fe3d2752..54716560 100644
--- a/include/znc/Utils.h
+++ b/include/znc/Utils.h
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ protected:
  */
 class CTable : protected std::vector<std::vector<CString> > {
 public:
+	typedef typename std::vector<std::vector<CString> >::size_type size_type;
+
 	CTable() {}
 	virtual ~CTable() {}
 
diff --git a/modules/modperl/CString.i b/modules/modperl/CString.i
index 9a1fcbb9..bd156588 100644
--- a/modules/modperl/CString.i
+++ b/modules/modperl/CString.i
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 
 
 %feature("naturalvar") CString;
-class CString;
+class CString {
+public:
+    typedef size_t size_type;
+};
 
 
 /*@SWIG:/usr/share/swig1.3/typemaps/std_strings.swg,74,%typemaps_std_string@*/
diff --git a/modules/modperl/modperl.i b/modules/modperl/modperl.i
index a3a3c0c6..c1fde82f 100644
--- a/modules/modperl/modperl.i
+++ b/modules/modperl/modperl.i
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "../include/znc/FileUtils.h"
 #include "../include/znc/ZNCDebug.h"
 #include "../include/znc/ExecSock.h"
+#include "../include/znc/Buffer.h"
 #include "modperl/module.h"
 #define stat struct stat
 %}
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 %include <typemaps.i>
 %include <stl.i>
 %include <std_list.i>
+%include <std_deque.i>
 
 namespace std {
 	template<class K> class set {
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ namespace std {
 
 %template(VIRCNetworks) std::vector<CIRCNetwork*>;
 %template(VChannels) std::vector<CChan*>;
+%template(VCString) std::vector<CString>;
+typedef std::vector<CString> VCString;
 /*%template(MNicks) std::map<CString, CNick>;*/
 /*%template(SModInfo) std::set<CModInfo>;
 %template(SCString) std::set<CString>;
@@ -86,6 +90,8 @@ typedef std::set<CString> SCString;*/
 class MCString : public std::map<CString, CString> {};
 /*%template(PerlModulesVector) std::vector<CModule*>;*/
 %template(VListeners) std::vector<CListener*>;
+%template(BufLines) std::deque<CBufLine>;
+%template(VVString) std::vector<VCString>;
 
 %typemap(out) std::map<CString, CNick> {
 	HV* myhv = newHV();
@@ -124,6 +130,7 @@ class MCString : public std::map<CString, CString> {};
 %include "../include/znc/Server.h"
 %include "../include/znc/ZNCDebug.h"
 %include "../include/znc/ExecSock.h"
+%include "../include/znc/Buffer.h"
 
 %include "modperl/module.h"
 
diff --git a/modules/modpython/cstring.i b/modules/modpython/cstring.i
index 8afb4348..16ea53da 100644
--- a/modules/modpython/cstring.i
+++ b/modules/modpython/cstring.i
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 %}
 
 %feature("naturalvar") CString;
-class CString;
+class CString {
+public:
+typedef size_t size_type;
+};
 
 /*@SWIG:/usr/share/swig1.3/typemaps/std_strings.swg,74,%typemaps_std_string@*/
 
diff --git a/modules/modpython/modpython.i b/modules/modpython/modpython.i
index 53ba0435..56d9c65f 100644
--- a/modules/modpython/modpython.i
+++ b/modules/modpython/modpython.i
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ using std::allocator;
 %include <stl.i>
 %include <std_list.i>
 %include <std_set.i>
+%include <std_deque.i>
 
 %include "modpython/cstring.i"
 %template(_stringlist) std::list<CString>;
@@ -67,11 +68,15 @@ using std::allocator;
 %template(SModInfo) std::set<CModInfo>;
 %template(SCString) std::set<CString>;
 typedef std::set<CString> SCString;
+%template(VCString) std::vector<CString>;
+typedef std::vector<CString> VCString;
 %template(PyMCString) std::map<CString, CString>;
 %template(PyMStringVString) std::map<CString, VCString>;
 class MCString : public std::map<CString, CString> {};
 %template(PyModulesVector) std::vector<CModule*>;
 %template(VListeners) std::vector<CListener*>;
+%template(BufLines) std::deque<CBufLine>;
+%template(VVString) std::vector<VCString>;
 
 %typemap(in) CString& {
 	String* p;