diff --git a/build/jam/OptionalPackages b/build/jam/OptionalPackages
index 80447e3259..96549fda39 100644
--- a/build/jam/OptionalPackages
+++ b/build/jam/OptionalPackages
@@ -452,14 +452,14 @@ if [ IsOptionalHaikuImagePackageAdded DevelopmentBase ]
 	# gcc and binutils
 	if $(HAIKU_GCC_VERSION[1]) = 2 || $(isHybridBuild) {
 		InstallOptionalHaikuImagePackage
-			gcc-2.95.3-r1a2-x86-gcc2-2010-07-12.zip
-			: $(baseURL)/gcc-2.95.3-x86-gcc2-2010-07-12.zip ;
+			gcc-2.95.3-x86-gcc2-2010-08-18.zip
+			: $(baseURL)/gcc-2.95.3-x86-gcc2-2010-08-18.zip ;
 	}
 
 	if $(HAIKU_GCC_VERSION[1]) = 2 {
 		# symlink to the appropriate system/lib[/gcc2] folder
 		AddSymlinkToHaikuHybridImage
-			develop abi x86 gcc2 tools gcc-2.95.3-haiku-100712 lib
+			develop abi x86 gcc2 tools gcc-2.95.3-haiku-100818 lib
 			: /system/lib libstdc++.r4.so : : true ;
 	}
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4054d902a9..7092cbad84 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ HOST_GCC_OBJCOPY=`gcc -print-prog-name=objcopy`
 SFDISK_BINARY=sfdisk
 HOST_SFDISK=$SFDISK_BINARY
 
-haikuRequiredLegacyGCCVersion="2.95.3-haiku-100712"
+haikuRequiredLegacyGCCVersion="2.95.3-haiku-100818"
 export haikuRequiredLegacyGCCVersion
 	# version of legacy gcc required to build haiku