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