diff --git a/cmake/Macros.cmake b/cmake/Macros.cmake
index 444d283e6..2e4405d99 100644
--- a/cmake/Macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Macros.cmake
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ macro(sfml_add_library target)
                               INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@executable_path/../Frameworks")
     endif()
 
+    # enable automatic reference counting on iOS
+    if (IOS)
+        set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_CLANG_ENABLE_OBJC_ARC YES)
+    endif()
+
     # link the target to its external dependencies
     if(THIS_EXTERNAL_LIBS)
         target_link_libraries(${target} ${THIS_EXTERNAL_LIBS})
@@ -143,6 +148,11 @@ macro(sfml_add_example target)
         target_link_libraries(${target} ${THIS_DEPENDS})
     endif()
 
+    # enable automatic reference counting on iOS
+    if (IOS)
+        set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_CLANG_ENABLE_OBJC_ARC YES)
+    endif()
+
     # add the install rule
     install(TARGETS ${target}
             RUNTIME DESTINATION ${INSTALL_MISC_DIR}/examples/${target} COMPONENT examples)
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.mm b/src/SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.mm
index 791a67961..1deaee3b5 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.mm
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.mm
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 #include <SFML/Window/iOS/SFView.hpp>
 #include <SFML/System/Err.hpp>
 #include <OpenGLES/EAGL.h>
+#include <OpenGLES/EAGLDrawable.h>
 #include <OpenGLES/ES1/glext.h>
+#include <QuartzCore/CAEAGLLayer.h>
 
 
 namespace sf
@@ -98,9 +100,6 @@ EaglContext::~EaglContext()
 
         // Restore the previous context
         [EAGLContext setCurrentContext:previousContext];
-
-        // Release the context
-        [m_context release];
     }
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ void EaglContext::recreateRenderBuffers(SFView* glView)
     glGenRenderbuffersOES(1, &m_colorbuffer);
     glBindRenderbufferOES(GL_RENDERBUFFER_OES, m_colorbuffer);
     if (glView)
-        [m_context renderbufferStorage:GL_RENDERBUFFER_OES fromDrawable:glView.layer];
+        [m_context renderbufferStorage:GL_RENDERBUFFER_OES fromDrawable:(CAEAGLLayer*)glView.layer];
 	glFramebufferRenderbufferOES(GL_FRAMEBUFFER_OES, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0_OES, GL_RENDERBUFFER_OES, m_colorbuffer);
 
     // Create a depth buffer if requested
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/iOS/WindowImplUIKit.mm b/src/SFML/Window/iOS/WindowImplUIKit.mm
index 975c461a7..a25ea88e5 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/iOS/WindowImplUIKit.mm
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/iOS/WindowImplUIKit.mm
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void WindowImplUIKit::processEvents()
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 WindowHandle WindowImplUIKit::getSystemHandle() const
 {
-    return m_window;
+    return (__bridge WindowHandle)m_window;
 }