diff --git a/include/cdio/util.h b/include/cdio/util.h
index c5093b2a..a8b9edbe 100644
--- a/include/cdio/util.h
+++ b/include/cdio/util.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-    $Id: util.h,v 1.4 2004/11/15 01:34:09 rocky Exp $
+    $Id: util.h,v 1.5 2004/11/15 19:41:25 nboullis Exp $
 
     Copyright (C) 2000 Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org>
     Copyright (C) 2004 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@panix.com>
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ _cdio_strsplit(const char str[], char delim);
 
 uint8_t cdio_to_bcd8(uint8_t n);
 uint8_t cdio_from_bcd8(uint8_t p);
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 3
 static inline __attribute__((deprecated))
 uint8_t to_bcd8(uint8_t n) {
   return cdio_to_bcd8(n);
@@ -113,6 +115,10 @@ static inline __attribute__((deprecated))
 uint8_t from_bcd8(uint8_t p) {
   return cdio_from_bcd8(p);
 }
+#else
+#define to_bcd8 cdio_to_bcd8
+#define from_bcd8 cdio_from_bcd8
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }