diff --git a/konqueror.changes b/konqueror.changes
index 5f7ccb7..8545e35 100644
--- a/konqueror.changes
+++ b/konqueror.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jul 28 22:49:31 UTC 2018 - wbauer@tmo.at
+
+- Build with gcc7 on Leap 42.3, it doesn't compile with 4.8 anymore
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 26 13:00:51 UTC 2018 - lbeltrame@kde.org
 
diff --git a/konqueror.spec b/konqueror.spec
index af5bd75..d658c45 100644
--- a/konqueror.spec
+++ b/konqueror.spec
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(Qt5Script) >= 5.2.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(Qt5WebEngine) >= 5.6.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(Qt5Widgets) >= 5.2.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(Qt5X11Extras) >= 5.2.0
+# Needed for 42.3
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1330
+# It does not build with the default compiler (GCC 4.8) on Leap 42.x
+%if 0%{?sle_version} < 120300
+BuildRequires:  gcc6-c++
+%else
+BuildRequires:  gcc7-c++
+%endif
+%endif
 Recommends:     dolphin-part
 Recommends:     kwebkitpart
 Obsoletes:      kde-baseapps5-libkonq < %{version}
@@ -113,6 +122,16 @@ Development package for the konqueror libraries.
 %setup -q
 
 %build
+  %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1330
+    # It does not build with the default compiler (GCC 4.8) on Leap 42.x
+    %if 0%{?sle_version} < 120300
+      export CC=gcc-6
+      export CXX=g++-6
+    %else
+      export CC=gcc-7
+      export CXX=g++-7
+    %endif
+  %endif
   %cmake_kf5 -d build
   %make_jobs