diff --git a/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt b/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt
index a32fdbfbc6..1f67e72a24 100644
--- a/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ between distributions).
 ** +make+ (version 3.81 or any later)
 ** +binutils+
 ** +build-essential+ (only for Debian based systems)
-** +gcc+ (version 4.4 or any later)
-** `g++` (version 4.4 or any later)
+** +gcc+ (version 4.8 or any later)
+** `g++` (version 4.8 or any later)
 ** +bash+
 ** +patch+
 ** +gzip+
diff --git a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
index 1b66fb6e7d..972f055e32 100755
--- a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
+++ b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ if [ -z "$COMPILER_VERSION" ] ; then
 fi;
 COMPILER_MAJOR=$(echo $COMPILER_VERSION | sed -e "s/\..*//g")
 COMPILER_MINOR=$(echo $COMPILER_VERSION | sed -e "s/^$COMPILER_MAJOR\.//g" -e "s/\..*//g")
-if [ $COMPILER_MAJOR -lt 3 -o $COMPILER_MAJOR -eq 2 -a $COMPILER_MINOR -lt 95 ] ; then
+if [ $COMPILER_MAJOR -lt 4 -o $COMPILER_MAJOR -eq 4 -a $COMPILER_MINOR -lt 8 ] ; then
 	echo
-	echo "You have gcc '$COMPILER_VERSION' installed.  gcc >= 2.95 is required"
+	echo "You have gcc '$COMPILER_VERSION' installed.  gcc >= 4.8 is required"
 	exit 1;
 fi;
 
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ fi
 if [ -n "$CXXCOMPILER_VERSION" ] ; then
 	CXXCOMPILER_MAJOR=$(echo $CXXCOMPILER_VERSION | sed -e "s/\..*//g")
 	CXXCOMPILER_MINOR=$(echo $CXXCOMPILER_VERSION | sed -e "s/^$CXXCOMPILER_MAJOR\.//g" -e "s/\..*//g")
-	if [ $CXXCOMPILER_MAJOR -lt 3 -o $CXXCOMPILER_MAJOR -eq 2 -a $CXXCOMPILER_MINOR -lt 95 ] ; then
+	if [ $CXXCOMPILER_MAJOR -lt 4 -o $CXXCOMPILER_MAJOR -eq 4 -a $CXXCOMPILER_MINOR -lt 8 ] ; then
 		echo
-		echo "You have g++ '$CXXCOMPILER_VERSION' installed.  g++ >= 2.95 is required"
+		echo "You have g++ '$CXXCOMPILER_VERSION' installed.  g++ >= 4.8 is required"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 fi