diff --git a/rtengine/helpersse2.h b/rtengine/helpersse2.h
index 8eece0ae7..8d35a40d5 100644
--- a/rtengine/helpersse2.h
+++ b/rtengine/helpersse2.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ typedef __m128i vint2;
 
 //
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-	#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9
+	#if (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9) || __GNUC__ > 4
 		#define LVF(x) _mm_load_ps(&x)
 		#define LVFU(x) _mm_loadu_ps(&x)
 		#define STVF(x,y) _mm_store_ps(&x,y)
diff --git a/rtengine/opthelper.h b/rtengine/opthelper.h
index 4c02a3b43..2f7099687 100644
--- a/rtengine/opthelper.h
+++ b/rtengine/opthelper.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		#define RESTRICT 	__restrict__
 		#define LIKELY(x)   __builtin_expect (!!(x), 1)
 		#define UNLIKELY(x) __builtin_expect (!!(x), 0)
-		#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9
+        #if (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9) || __GNUC__ > 4
 			#define ALIGNED64 __attribute__ ((aligned (64)))
 			#define ALIGNED16 __attribute__ ((aligned (16)))
 		#else // there is a bug in gcc 4.7.x when using openmp and aligned memory and -O3
diff --git a/rtgui/multilangmgr.cc b/rtgui/multilangmgr.cc
index 1bed66dc4..0a9122a2d 100755
--- a/rtgui/multilangmgr.cc
+++ b/rtgui/multilangmgr.cc
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
  */
 #ifdef WIN32
 // Desired auto detect function is Vista+
-#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8
+#if (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8) || __GNUC__ > 4
 #define WINVER 0x0600 // switching to WINVER for gcc 4.8.1 support on Winx64
 #else
 #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
 #endif
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <winnls.h>
-#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8
+#if (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8) || __GNUC__ > 4
 #undef WINVER
 #else
 #undef _WIN32_WINNT