diff --git a/src/emu/inpttype.h b/src/emu/inpttype.h
index 3cacc94bf93..79843fdff34 100644
--- a/src/emu/inpttype.h
+++ b/src/emu/inpttype.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	typelist.append(*global_alloc(input_type_entry(IPT_##_type, IPG_##_group, (_player == 0) ? _player : (_player) - 1, (_player == 0) ? #_type : ("P" #_player "_" #_type), _name, _seq, _decseq, _incseq)));
 
 /* These input port macros expand to a great deal of code and break compilers */
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 4 || (__GNUC_MINOR__ == 4 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ >= 4))))
 #pragma GCC push_options
 #pragma GCC optimize ("O1")
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ void construct_core_types(simple_list<input_type_entry> &typelist)
 	construct_core_types_OSD(typelist);
 	construct_core_types_invalid(typelist);
 }
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && (__GNUC_MINOR__ > 4 || (__GNUC_MINOR__ == 4 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ >= 4))))
 #pragma GCC pop_options
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
 #pragma optimize("", on)