diff --git a/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp b/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
index b9bc984..cec2c50 100644
--- a/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 //        Beman Dawes, Dave Abrahams, Daryle Walker, Peter Dimov,
 //        Alexander Nasonov, Antony Polukhin, Justin Viiret, Michael Hofmann,
 //        Cheng Yang, Matthew Bradbury and other Boosters
-// when:  November 2000, March 2003, June 2005, June 2006, March 2011
+// when:  November 2000, March 2003, June 2005, June 2006, March 2011 - 2012
 
 #include <climits>
 #include <cstddef>
@@ -1822,6 +1822,24 @@ namespace boost
                     deduce_char_traits<char_type,Target,Source>::type traits;
 
                 typedef BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME remove_pointer<src >::type removed_ptr_t;
+
+                // is_char_types_match variable value can be computed via
+                // sizeof(char_type) == sizeof(removed_ptr_t). But when
+                // removed_ptr_t is an incomplete type or void*, compilers
+                // produce warnings or errors.
+                const bool is_char_types_match =
+                (::boost::type_traits::ice_or<
+                    ::boost::type_traits::ice_and<
+                        ::boost::type_traits::ice_eq<sizeof(char_type), sizeof(char) >::value,
+                        ::boost::type_traits::ice_or<
+                            ::boost::is_same<char, removed_ptr_t>::value,
+                            ::boost::is_same<unsigned char, removed_ptr_t>::value,
+                            ::boost::is_same<signed char, removed_ptr_t>::value
+                        >::value
+                    >::value,
+                    is_same<char_type, removed_ptr_t>::value
+                >::value);
+
                 const bool requires_stringbuf =
                         !(
                              ::boost::type_traits::ice_or<
@@ -1830,10 +1848,7 @@ namespace boost
                                  ::boost::type_traits::ice_and<
                                      is_pointer<src >::value,
                                      is_char_or_wchar<removed_ptr_t >::value,
-                                     ::boost::type_traits::ice_eq<
-                                        sizeof(char_type),
-                                        sizeof(removed_ptr_t)
-                                     >::value
+                                     is_char_types_match
                                  >::value
                              >::value
                         );
@@ -2111,7 +2126,7 @@ namespace boost
 
 // Copyright Kevlin Henney, 2000-2005.
 // Copyright Alexander Nasonov, 2006-2010.
-// Copyright Antony Polukhin, 2011.
+// Copyright Antony Polukhin, 2011-2012.
 //
 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
 // accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
diff --git a/test/Jamfile.v2 b/test/Jamfile.v2
index 8718301..c311420 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/test/Jamfile.v2
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ test-suite conversion
     [ run lexical_cast_inf_nan_test.cpp ../../test/build//boost_unit_test_framework/<link>static ]
     [ run lexical_cast_containers_test.cpp ../../test/build//boost_unit_test_framework/<link>static ]
     [ run lexical_cast_empty_input_test.cpp ../../test/build//boost_unit_test_framework/<link>static ]
+    [ run lexical_cast_pointers_test.cpp ../../test/build//boost_unit_test_framework/<link>static ]
     [ compile lexical_cast_typedefed_wchar_test.cpp : <toolset>msvc:<nowchar>on ]
     [ run lexical_cast_typedefed_wchar_test_runtime.cpp ../../test/build//boost_unit_test_framework/<link>static : : : <toolset>msvc:<nowchar>on ]
   ;
diff --git a/test/lexical_cast_pointers_test.cpp b/test/lexical_cast_pointers_test.cpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d24a895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lexical_cast_pointers_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+//  Unit test for boost::lexical_cast.
+//
+//  See http://www.boost.org for most recent version, including documentation.
+//
+//  Copyright Antony Polukhin, 2012.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Boost
+//  Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+//  LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
+
+#include <boost/config.hpp>
+
+#if defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+#pragma warning(disable: 193 383 488 981 1418 1419)
+#elif defined(BOOST_MSVC)
+#pragma warning(disable: 4097 4100 4121 4127 4146 4244 4245 4511 4512 4701 4800)
+#endif
+
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+using namespace boost;
+
+#if defined(BOOST_NO_STRINGSTREAM)
+            typedef std::strstream ss_t;
+#else
+            typedef std::stringstream ss_t;
+#endif
+
+void test_void_pointers_conversions()
+{
+    void *p_to_null = NULL;
+    const void *cp_to_data = "Some data";
+    char nonconst_data[5];
+    void *p_to_data = nonconst_data;
+    ss_t ss;
+
+    ss << p_to_null;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(p_to_null), ss.str());
+    ss.str(std::string());
+
+    ss << cp_to_data;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(cp_to_data), ss.str());
+    ss.str(std::string());
+
+    ss << p_to_data;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(p_to_data), ss.str());
+    ss.str(std::string());
+}
+
+struct incomplete_type;
+
+void test_incomplete_type_pointers_conversions()
+{
+    incomplete_type *p_to_null = NULL;
+    const incomplete_type *cp_to_data = NULL;
+    char nonconst_data[5];
+    incomplete_type *p_to_data = reinterpret_cast<incomplete_type*>(nonconst_data);
+    ss_t ss;
+
+    ss << p_to_null;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(p_to_null), ss.str());
+    ss.str(std::string());
+
+    ss << cp_to_data;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(cp_to_data), ss.str());
+    ss.str(std::string());
+
+    ss << p_to_data;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(p_to_data), ss.str());
+    ss.str(std::string());
+}
+
+struct ble;
+typedef struct ble *meh;
+std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream &o, meh) {
+  o << "yay";
+  return o;
+}
+
+void test_inomplete_type_with_overloaded_ostream_op() {
+    meh heh = NULL;
+    ss_t ss;
+    ss << heh;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(heh), ss.str());
+}
+
+unit_test::test_suite *init_unit_test_suite(int, char *[])
+{
+    unit_test::test_suite *suite =
+        BOOST_TEST_SUITE("lexical_cast pinters test");
+    suite->add(BOOST_TEST_CASE(&test_void_pointers_conversions));
+    suite->add(BOOST_TEST_CASE(&test_incomplete_type_pointers_conversions));
+    suite->add(BOOST_TEST_CASE(&test_inomplete_type_with_overloaded_ostream_op));
+    return suite;
+}