diff --git a/src/binding/cxx/mpicxx.h.in b/src/binding/cxx/mpicxx.h.in
index c1bfe52..c0370bb 100644
--- a/src/binding/cxx/mpicxx.h.in
+++ b/src/binding/cxx/mpicxx.h.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 // between 3.2.3 and 3.4.3 (!!)  Normally such changes
 // should only occur at major releases (e.g., version 3 to 4)
 #ifdef __GNUC__ 
-# if __GNUC__ >= @GNUCXX_VERSION@ 
+# if __GNUC__ >= @GNUCXX_VERSION@ && @GNUCXX_VERSION@ == 3
 #  if __GNUC_MINOR__ > 2 && @GNUCXX_MINORVERSION@ == 2 
 #  error 'Please use the same version of GCC and g++ for compiling MPICH and user MPI programs'
 #  endif