diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 50612e569..f13556e66 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ parentheses):
 
 * cmake
 * GNU make (make)
-* C++ compiler (gcc-c++ on RHEL, build-essential on Debian)
+* C++ compiler (gcc-c++ >= 4.7 on RHEL/SUSE, build-essential on Debian, alternatively clang++)
 * OpenSSL library and header files (openssl-devel on RHEL, libssl-dev on Debian)
 * Boost library and header files (boost-devel on RHEL, libboost-all-dev on Debian)
 * GNU bison (bison)
diff --git a/icinga2.spec b/icinga2.spec
index 2c01366da..ca8fd3062 100644
--- a/icinga2.spec
+++ b/icinga2.spec
@@ -93,8 +93,13 @@ BuildRequires: libyajl-devel
 BuildRequires: libedit-devel
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel
+"%{_vendor}" == "suse" && 0%{?suse_version} < 1310
+BuildRequires: gcc47-c++
+BuildRequires: libstdc++47-devel
+%else
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: libstdc++-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: flex >= 2.5.35
 BuildRequires: bison