diff --git a/games-action/openclonk/openclonk-7.0.ebuild b/games-action/openclonk/openclonk-7.0.ebuild
index be62f00e1f8cd..dd0d3d826bc8a 100644
--- a/games-action/openclonk/openclonk-7.0.ebuild
+++ b/games-action/openclonk/openclonk-7.0.ebuild
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
 EAPI=5
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
-inherit cmake-utils eutils gnome2-utils python-any-r1 fdo-mime games
+inherit cmake-utils eutils gnome2-utils python-any-r1 fdo-mime toolchain-funcs games
 
 MY_P=${PN}-release-${PV}-src
 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	)
 	dedicated? ( sys-libs/readline:0= )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	|| ( >=sys-devel/gcc-4.9 >=sys-devel/clang-3.3 )
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? (
 		${PYTHON_DEPS}
@@ -56,6 +57,14 @@ PATCHES=(
 )
 S=${WORKDIR}/${P}-src
 
+pkg_pretend() {
+	if [[ $(tc-getCXX) == *g++* && $(gcc-version) < 4.9 ]] ; then
+		die 'The active compiler needs to be gcc 4.9 (or newer) or clang'
+	else
+		einfo 'The active compiler should be ok'
+	fi
+}
+
 pkg_setup() {
 	games_pkg_setup
 	use doc && python-any-r1_pkg_setup