diff --git a/wine.changes b/wine.changes
index 9dcbe0b..ea4bdfb 100644
--- a/wine.changes
+++ b/wine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  7 09:55:22 UTC 2015 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- use gcc-4.8 for building, as gcc5 miscompiles wine currently.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 26 12:18:00 UTC 2015 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/wine.spec b/wine.spec
index 39c1be7..f758124 100644
--- a/wine.spec
+++ b/wine.spec
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 # only used on win32 and win64 today
 BuildRequires:  prelink
 %endif
+BuildRequires:  gcc48
 BuildRequires:  sane-backends-devel
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  valgrind-devel
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ cat VERSION
 # e.g. Steam and other copy protections hate removed %ebp.
 export RPM_OPT_FLAGS=`echo $RPM_OPT_FLAGS|sed -e 's/-fomit-frame-pointer//'`
 %endif
+# Until gcc 5 is fixed
+export CC="gcc-4.8"
+
 # keep just for susepatches with configure changes
 #autoconf
 #autoheader -I include