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)
diff --git a/src/unit_tests/variant/variant_misc_test.cpp b/src/unit_tests/variant/variant_misc_test.cpp
index b38468b1..873e7f0f 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests/variant/variant_misc_test.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests/variant/variant_misc_test.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,18 @@ TEST_CASE("variant - get_reference_argument ")
   CHECK(arg.get_type().is_wrapper() == false);
   CHECK(arg.get_type().is_pointer() == false);
   REQUIRE(arg.get_type() == rttr::type::get<simple_type>());
+
+
+  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  void* voidPtr = value.get();
+  var = voidPtr;
+  arg = var.extract_reference_argument();
+  
+  // works with pointers
+  CHECK(var.get_type().is_wrapper() == false);
+  CHECK(var.get_type().is_pointer() == true);
+  CHECK(arg.get_type().is_wrapper() == false);
+  CHECK(arg.get_type().is_pointer() == false);
 }
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////