diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Macros.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Macros.h
index ab0550895..5db9e4fe5 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Macros.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Macros.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /// \internal EIGEN_COMP_GNUC set to 1 for all compilers compatible with GCC
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-  #define EIGEN_COMP_GNUC 1
+  #define EIGEN_COMP_GNUC (__GNUC__*10+__GNUC_MINOR__)
 #else
   #define EIGEN_COMP_GNUC 0
 #endif