diff --git a/REQUIRE b/REQUIRE
index fa4619f..c16574a 100644
--- a/REQUIRE
+++ b/REQUIRE
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 julia 0.2
+Dates
 Cairo
 Color 0.2.9
 IniFile
diff --git a/src/Winston.jl b/src/Winston.jl
index c207fb5..d61ddc2 100644
--- a/src/Winston.jl
+++ b/src/Winston.jl
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ else
 end
 using IniFile
 using Compat
-using Dates
+if VERSION.minor < 4
+    using Dates
+end
 
 isdefined(Base, :Libc) && (strftime = Libc.strftime)
 isdefined(Base, :Dates) && (datetime2unix = Dates.datetime2unix)
diff --git a/src/geom.jl b/src/geom.jl
index fec7cac..78ddb63 100644
--- a/src/geom.jl
+++ b/src/geom.jl
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function shift(r::Rectangle, dx::Real, dy::Real)
 end
 
 # scale width & height, keeping center fixed
+import Base.*
 function (*)(r::Rectangle, s::Real)
     dw = 0.5*(s - 1.)*(r.x1 - r.x0)
     dh = 0.5*(s - 1.)*(r.y1 - r.y0)