diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e76f9c7b..ceca7a5f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: hagen <hagen@i2pmail.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0), dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~),
- gcc (>= 4.6) | clang (>= 3.3),
+ gcc (>= 4.7) | clang (>= 3.3),
  libboost-regex-dev,
  libboost-system-dev (>= 1.46),
  libboost-date-time-dev,
diff --git a/docs/build_requirements.md b/docs/build_requirements.md
index ec4aa180..3e0dfea9 100644
--- a/docs/build_requirements.md
+++ b/docs/build_requirements.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Build requirements
 Linux/FreeBSD/OSX
 -----------------
 
-GCC 4.8 or newer, Boost 1.49 or newer, openssl, zlib. Clang can be used instead of GCC.
+GCC 4.7 or newer, Boost 1.49 or newer, openssl, zlib. Clang can be used instead of GCC.
 
 Windows
 -------