diff --git a/vbox-gcc46.patch b/vbox-gcc46.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93cdde2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vbox-gcc46.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- configure.orig
++++ configure
+@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ check_gcc()
+       elif [ $cc_maj -lt 3 \
+              -o \( $cc_maj -eq 3 -a $cc_min -lt 2 \) \
+              -o \( $cc_maj -eq 4 -a $cc_min -lt 1 -a "$OS" != "darwin" \) \
+-             -o \( $cc_maj -eq 4 -a $cc_min -gt 5 \) \
++             -o \( $cc_maj -eq 4 -a $cc_min -gt 6 \) \
+              -o $cc_maj -gt 4 ]; then
+         log_failure "gcc version $cc_ver found, expected gcc 3.x with x>1 or gcc 4.x with 0<x<5"
+         fail really
diff --git a/virtualbox.changes b/virtualbox.changes
index 155fc99..72880bd 100644
--- a/virtualbox.changes
+++ b/virtualbox.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 13 03:29:45 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Allow GCC 4.6 to be used 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 26 19:42:44 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/virtualbox.spec b/virtualbox.spec
index 037aa02..e80bb1f 100644
--- a/virtualbox.spec
+++ b/virtualbox.spec
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Patch101:       vbox-default-os-type.diff
 #disable update in vbox gui
 Patch102:         vbox-disable-updates.diff
 Patch103:       virtualbox-ose_%{version}-dfsg-1.diff.gz
+Patch104:       vbox-gcc46.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 PreReq:         pwdutils permissions
 Requires:       %{name}-host-kmp = %version
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ quilt push -a
 %patch100
 %patch101
 %patch102 -p1
+%patch104
 #copy user manual
 %__cp %{S:1} ./UserManual.pdf
 
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ source env.sh
 # 	VBOX_WITH_REGISTRATION_REQUEST= VBOX_WITH_UPDATE_REQUEST= just disable some functionality in gui
 #   -j1 disable parallel build to avoid "Out of memory: Kill process" crash of build in buildservice
 /usr/bin/kmk \
-    -j1 \
+    -j2 \
     VBOX_GCC_WERR= \
 	KBUILD_VERBOSE=2 \
 	VBOX_WITH_REGISTRATION_REQUEST= VBOX_WITH_UPDATE_REQUEST= \