diff --git a/descrip.mms b/descrip.mms
index f21bffec11..c9d30606ff 100644
--- a/descrip.mms
+++ b/descrip.mms
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                                                                            *
 # Make file for VMS                                                          *
 # Author : J.Jansen (joukj@hrem.nano.tudelft.nl)                             *
-# Date : 3 February 2016                                                     *
+# Date : 6 January 2021                                                      *
 #                                                                            *
 #*****************************************************************************
 .first
@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ gtk : [.include.wx]setup.h
 	set default [-.widgets]
 	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)/macro=(__WXGTK__=1)
 	set default [--.tests]
-	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)/macro=(__WXGTK__=1)/ignore=warning
+	if (f$getsyi("ARCH_NAME") .eqs. "IA64" ) then\
+	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)/macro=(__WXGTK__=1,ITANIUM=1)/ignore=warning
+	if (f$getsyi("ARCH_NAME") .eqs. "Alpha" ) then\
+	$(MMS)$(MMSQUALIFIERS)/macro=(__WXGTK__=1,ALPHA=1)/ignore=warning
 	set default [-]
 
 gtk2 : [.include.wx]setup.h
diff --git a/tests/descrip.mms b/tests/descrip.mms
index cb3b80f367..c8d3e1f683 100644
--- a/tests/descrip.mms
+++ b/tests/descrip.mms
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                                                                            *
 # Make file for VMS                                                          *
 # Author : J.Jansen (joukj@hrem.nano.tudelft.nl)                             *
-# Date : 30 November 2017                                                    *
+# Date : 6 January 2021                                                      *
 #                                                                            *
 #*****************************************************************************
 .first
@@ -280,7 +280,16 @@ test_datetimetest.obj : [.datetime]datetimetest.cpp
 	[.datetime]datetimetest.cpp
 
 test_evthandler.obj : [.events]evthandler.cpp 
+.ifdef ALPHA
+	pipe gsed\
+	-e "s/handler.Connect(wxEVT_THREAD, wxThreadEventHandler(MyHandler::OnOverloadedHandler));//"\
+	-e "s/handler.Connect(wxEVT_IDLE, wxIdleEventHandler(MyHandler::OnOverloadedHandler));//" \
+	< [.events]evthandler.cpp > [.events]evthandler.cpp_
+	$(CXXC) /object=[]$@ $(TEST_CXXFLAGS) [.events]evthandler.cpp_
+	delete [.events]evthandler.cpp_;*
+.else
 	$(CXXC) /object=[]$@ $(TEST_CXXFLAGS) [.events]evthandler.cpp
+.endif
 
 test_evtsource.obj : [.events]evtsource.cpp 
 	$(CXXC) /object=[]$@ $(TEST_CXXFLAGS) [.events]evtsource.cpp