diff --git a/debian/config/defines b/debian/config/defines
index 5dfe2657c..f7fd2ef7b 100644
--- a/debian/config/defines
+++ b/debian/config/defines
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ arches:
  sparc
  sparc64
  x32
-compiler: gcc-4.6
+compiler: gcc-4.8
 featuresets:
  none
  rt