diff --git a/base/gcc/gcc.conf b/base/gcc/gcc.conf
index 28e958558..1d9683cd9 100644
--- a/base/gcc/gcc.conf
+++ b/base/gcc/gcc.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../gcc/gcc.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2013 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@
 #exclude internal libffi, we have it packaged for g-wrap
 hook_add preconf 1 'sed -i -e "s/@toolexeclibdir@/@toolexeclibdir@\/gcc/" libffi/Makefile.in'
 
+# comparable version
+gcc_ver=0
+for x in $(echo "$ver" | cut -d- -f1 | cut -d. -f1-3 | tr '.' ' '); do
+	gcc_ver=$( expr $gcc_ver \* 1000 + $x )
+done
+
 # provide same settings we use for -m{arch,cpu,tune} via configure options
 # so they are default compiler settings on the final target machine
-if [ "${ver:0:3}" = "4.4" ]; then
+if [ "${gcc_ver}" -ge 4004000 ]; then
   for x in $GCC_WRAPPER_INSERT $GCC_WRAPPER_APPEND; do
     case "$x" in
       -mabi=*|-march=*|-mcpu=*|-mtune=*|-mfpu=*) var_append confopt " " "${x/-m/--with-}" ;;