diff --git a/base/sparse/cholmod.jl b/base/sparse/cholmod.jl
index f031e243b8aad..31d0c64cdfecf 100644
--- a/base/sparse/cholmod.jl
+++ b/base/sparse/cholmod.jl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ using Base.SparseMatrix: AbstractSparseMatrix, SparseMatrixCSC, increment, indty
 include("cholmod_h.jl")
 
 ## macro to generate the name of the C function according to the integer type
-macro cholmod_name(nm,typ) string("cholmod_", eval(typ) == Int64 ? "l_" : "", nm) end
+macro cholmod_name(nm,typ) string("cholmod_", eval(typ) == Int ? "l_" : "", nm) end
 
 for Ti in IndexTypes
     @eval begin
@@ -198,44 +198,44 @@ end
 
 ### cholmod_core_h ###
 function allocate_dense(nrow::Integer, ncol::Integer, d::Integer, ::Type{Float64})
-    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_allocate_dense, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{Float64}},
+    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_l_allocate_dense, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{Float64}},
         (Csize_t, Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Ptr{Void}),
-        nrow, ncol, d, REAL, common(Cint)))
+        nrow, ncol, d, REAL, common(Int)))
     finalizer(d, free!)
     d
 end
 function allocate_dense(nrow::Integer, ncol::Integer, d::Integer, ::Type{Complex{Float64}})
-    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_allocate_dense, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{Complex{Float64}}},
+    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_l_allocate_dense, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{Complex{Float64}}},
         (Csize_t, Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Ptr{Void}),
-        nrow, ncol, d, COMPLEX, common(Cint)))
+        nrow, ncol, d, COMPLEX, common(Int)))
     finalizer(d, free!)
     d
 end
 
-free_dense!{T}(p::Ptr{C_Dense{T}}) = ccall((:cholmod_free_dense, :libcholmod), Cint, (Ptr{Ptr{C_Dense{T}}}, Ptr{Void}), &p, common(Cint))
+free_dense!{T}(p::Ptr{C_Dense{T}}) = ccall((:cholmod_l_free_dense, :libcholmod), Cint, (Ptr{Ptr{C_Dense{T}}}, Ptr{Void}), &p, common(Cint))
 
 function zeros{T<:VTypes}(m::Integer, n::Integer, ::Type{T})
-    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_zeros, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{T}},
+    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_l_zeros, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{T}},
         (Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Ptr{UInt8}),
-         m, n, xtyp(T), common(Cint)))
+         m, n, xtyp(T), common(Int)))
     finalizer(d, free!)
     d
 end
 zeros(m::Integer, n::Integer) = zeros(m, n, Float64)
 
 function ones{T<:VTypes}(m::Integer, n::Integer, ::Type{T})
-    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_ones, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{T}},
+    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_l_ones, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{T}},
         (Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Ptr{UInt8}),
-         m, n, xtyp(T), common(Cint)))
+         m, n, xtyp(T), common(Int)))
     finalizer(d, free!)
     d
 end
 ones(m::Integer, n::Integer) = ones(m, n, Float64)
 
 function eye{T<:VTypes}(m::Integer, n::Integer, ::Type{T})
-    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_eye, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{T}},
+    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_l_eye, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{T}},
         (Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Ptr{UInt8}),
-         m, n, xtyp(T), common(Cint)))
+         m, n, xtyp(T), common(Int)))
     finalizer(d, free!)
     d
 end
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ eye(m::Integer, n::Integer) = eye(m, n, Float64)
 eye(n::Integer) = eye(n, n, Float64)
 
 function copy_dense{Tv<:VTypes}(A::Dense{Tv})
-    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_copy_dense, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{Tv}},
+    d = Dense(ccall((:cholmod_l_copy_dense, :libcholmod), Ptr{C_Dense{Tv}},
         (Ptr{C_Dense{Tv}}, Ptr{UInt8}),
-         A.p, common(Cint)))
+         A.p, common(Int)))
     finalizer(d, free!)
     d
 end
@@ -260,16 +260,16 @@ function norm_dense{Tv<:VTypes}(D::Dense{Tv}, p::Integer)
     elseif p != 0 && p != 1
         throw(ArgumentError("second argument must be either 0 (Inf norm), 1, or 2"))
     end
-    ccall((:cholmod_norm_dense, :libcholmod), Cdouble,
+    ccall((:cholmod_l_norm_dense, :libcholmod), Cdouble,
         (Ptr{C_Dense{Tv}}, Cint, Ptr{UInt8}),
-          D.p, p, common(Cint))
+          D.p, p, common(Int))
 end
 
 ### cholmod_check.h ###
 function check_dense{T<:VTypes}(A::Dense{T})
-    bool(ccall((:cholmod_check_dense, :libcholmod), Cint,
+    bool(ccall((:cholmod_l_check_dense, :libcholmod), Cint,
         (Ptr{C_Dense{T}}, Ptr{UInt8}),
-         A.p, common(Cint)))
+         A.p, common(Int)))
 end
 
 # Non-Dense wrappers (which all depend on IType)
diff --git a/test/sparsedir/cholmod.jl b/test/sparsedir/cholmod.jl
index 3f94894f345ad..8408a73bb0c2a 100644
--- a/test/sparsedir/cholmod.jl
+++ b/test/sparsedir/cholmod.jl
@@ -194,51 +194,51 @@ run(`rm tmp.mtx`)
 # test that Sparse(Ptr) constructor throws the right places
 ## The struct pointer must be constructed by the library constructor and then modified afterwards to checks that the method throws
 ### illegal dtype (for now but should be supprted at some point)
-p = ccall((:cholmod_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
+p = ccall((:cholmod_l_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
     (Csize_t, Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Cint, Cint, Cint, Ptr{Void}),
-    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Cint))
+    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Int))
 puint = convert(Ptr{Uint32}, p)
 unsafe_store!(puint, CHOLMOD.SINGLE, 3*div(sizeof(Csize_t), 4) + 5*div(sizeof(Ptr{Void}), 4) + 4)
 @test_throws CHOLMOD.CHOLMODException CHOLMOD.Sparse(p)
 
 ### illegal dtype
-p = ccall((:cholmod_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
+p = ccall((:cholmod_l_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
     (Csize_t, Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Cint, Cint, Cint, Ptr{Void}),
-    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Cint))
+    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Int))
 puint = convert(Ptr{Uint32}, p)
 unsafe_store!(puint, 5, 3*div(sizeof(Csize_t), 4) + 5*div(sizeof(Ptr{Void}), 4) + 4)
 @test_throws CHOLMOD.CHOLMODException CHOLMOD.Sparse(p)
 
 ### illegal xtype
-p = ccall((:cholmod_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
+p = ccall((:cholmod_l_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
     (Csize_t, Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Cint, Cint, Cint, Ptr{Void}),
-    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Cint))
+    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Int))
 puint = convert(Ptr{Uint32}, p)
 unsafe_store!(puint, 3, 3*div(sizeof(Csize_t), 4) + 5*div(sizeof(Ptr{Void}), 4) + 3)
 @test_throws CHOLMOD.CHOLMODException CHOLMOD.Sparse(p)
 
 ### illegal itype
-p = ccall((:cholmod_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
+p = ccall((:cholmod_l_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
     (Csize_t, Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Cint, Cint, Cint, Ptr{Void}),
-    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Cint))
+    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Int))
 puint = convert(Ptr{Uint32}, p)
 unsafe_store!(puint, CHOLMOD.INTLONG, 3*div(sizeof(Csize_t), 4) + 5*div(sizeof(Ptr{Void}), 4) + 2)
 @test_throws CHOLMOD.CHOLMODException CHOLMOD.Sparse(p)
 
 ### illegal itype
-p = ccall((:cholmod_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
+p = ccall((:cholmod_l_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
     (Csize_t, Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Cint, Cint, Cint, Ptr{Void}),
-    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Cint))
+    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Int))
 puint = convert(Ptr{Uint32}, p)
 unsafe_store!(puint,  5, 3*div(sizeof(Csize_t), 4) + 5*div(sizeof(Ptr{Void}), 4) + 2)
 @test_throws CHOLMOD.CHOLMODException CHOLMOD.Sparse(p)
 
 # test that Sparse(Ptr) works for SuiteSparse_long (on 64 bit systems)
 if CHOLMOD.SuiteSparse_long == Int64
-    p = ccall((:cholmod_l_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
+    p = ccall((:cholmod_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_SparseVoid},
         (Csize_t, Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Cint, Cint, Cint, Ptr{Void}),
-        1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(CHOLMOD.SuiteSparse_long))
-    @test isa(CHOLMOD.Sparse(p), CHOLMOD.Sparse{Float64,CHOLMOD.SuiteSparse_long})
+        1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Int32))
+    @test isa(CHOLMOD.Sparse(p), CHOLMOD.Sparse{Float64,Int32})
 end
 
 # Test Dense wrappers (only Float64 supported a present)
@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ end
 
 # Test Sparse and Factor
 ## test free_sparse!
-p = ccall((:cholmod_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_Sparse{Float64,Cint}},
+p = ccall((:cholmod_l_allocate_sparse, :libcholmod), Ptr{CHOLMOD.C_Sparse{Float64,Cint}},
     (Csize_t, Csize_t, Csize_t, Cint, Cint, Cint, Cint, Ptr{Void}),
-    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Cint))
+    1, 1, 1, true, true, 0, CHOLMOD.REAL, CHOLMOD.common(Int))
 @test CHOLMOD.free_sparse!(p)
 
 for elty in (Float64, Complex{Float64})