diff --git a/gcc2dependency.patch b/gcc2dependency.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42e10315c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc2dependency.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Index: src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvs/G/EPICS/base-3.14.12/src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h,v
+retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
+diff -u -r1.1.1.1 compilerDependencies.h
+--- src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h	29 Nov 2010 10:38:07 -0000	1.1.1.1
++++ src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h	21 Jun 2011 07:37:38 -0000
+@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
+ /*
+  * Deprecation marker
+  */
+-#ifdef __GNUC__
++#if defined (__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3)
+ # define EPICS_DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))
+ #else
+ # define EPICS_DEPRECATED
diff --git a/src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h b/src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h
index 4d451469e..309c3277c 100644
--- a/src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h
+++ b/src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 /*
  * Deprecation marker
  */
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if defined (__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3)
 # define EPICS_DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))
 #else
 # define EPICS_DEPRECATED