1diff --git a/configure b/configure
2index b6752d147c6b..6089a3403410 100755
3--- a/configure
4+++ b/configure
5@@ -5079,7 +5079,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking version of $CC... " >&6; }
6   ac_prog_version=`$CC -v 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*version \([egcygnustpi-]*[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
7   case $ac_prog_version in
8     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
9-    3.4* | 4.[0-9]* )
10+    3.4* | [4-9].* )
11        ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
12     *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
13
14diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
15index 56849dfc489a..09677eb3d0c1 100644
16--- a/configure.in
17+++ b/configure.in
18@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ fi
19 # These programs are version sensitive.
20 AC_CHECK_TOOL_PREFIX
21 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(CC, ${ac_tool_prefix}gcc ${ac_tool_prefix}cc, -v,
22-  [version \([egcygnustpi-]*[0-9.]*\)], [3.4* | 4.[0-9]* ],
23+  [version \([egcygnustpi-]*[0-9.]*\)], [3.4* | [4-9].* ],
24   critic_missing="$critic_missing gcc")
25 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MAKE, gnumake gmake make, --version,
26   [GNU Make[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\)],
27