diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 84dd6e4..916f581 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-09-01  Vladimir Serbinenko  <address@hidden>
+
+	Remove gcc < 4.2 support.
+
+	* configure.ac (grub_cv_cc_recent): New check.
+
 2009-08-30  Vladimir Serbinenko  <address@hidden>
 
 	* kern/file.c (grub_file_read): Spelling fix
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cddd9fe..cb389a5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ CPPFLAGS="$TARGET_CPPFLAGS"
 LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS"
 LIBS=""
 
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether gcc is recent enough], grub_cv_cc_recent, [
+  CFLAGS=
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#if defined (__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ < 4 || __GNUC_MINOR__ < 2)
+#error Use at least GCC 4.2
+#endif
+]], [[]])],[grub_cv_cc_recent=yes],[grub_cv_cc_recent=no]) ])
+test "x$grub_cv_cc_recent" = xyes || AC_MSG_ERROR([GCC >= 4.2 is required])
+
 if test "x$TARGET_CFLAGS" = x; then
   # debug flags.
   TARGET_CFLAGS="-Wall -W -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes \