diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
index b4d6cb7a74e..ff3e12ba590 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
@@ -398,6 +398,11 @@ endif
 # Static linking
 
 LDFLAGS += -static-libgcc
+TEST_GCC = $(shell gcc --version)
+ifeq ($(findstring 4.4,$(TEST_GCC)),)
+	#if we use new tools
+	LDFLAGS += -static-libstdc++
+endif
 LIBS += -lSDL.dll
 LIBS += -luser32 -lgdi32 -lddraw -ldsound -ldxguid -lwinmm -ladvapi32 -lcomctl32 -lshlwapi
 
diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/video.c b/src/osd/sdl/video.c
index f507a37bf9b..7972342b5b9 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/video.c
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/video.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ static BOOL CALLBACK monitor_enum_callback(HMONITOR handle, HDC dc, LPRECT rect,
 	info.cbSize = sizeof(info);
 	result = GetMonitorInfo(handle, (LPMONITORINFO)&info);
 	assert(result);
+	result++; // to silence gcc 4.6
 
 	// allocate a new monitor info
 	monitor = global_alloc_clear(sdl_monitor_info);
diff --git a/src/osd/windows/windows.mak b/src/osd/windows/windows.mak
index 0ef0a94da62..2103cfce255 100644
--- a/src/osd/windows/windows.mak
+++ b/src/osd/windows/windows.mak
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ endif
 
 # ensure we statically link the gcc runtime lib
 LDFLAGS += -static-libgcc
+TEST_GCC = $(shell gcc --version)
+ifeq ($(findstring 4.4,$(TEST_GCC)),) 
+	#if we use new tools
+	LDFLAGS += -static-libstdc++
+endif 
 
 # add the windows libraries
 LIBS += -luser32 -lgdi32 -ldsound -ldxguid -lwinmm -ladvapi32 -lcomctl32 -lshlwapi -ldinput8 -lwsock32