diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/dumper.pro b/src/plugins/debugger/dumper.pro
index d20d0e7ad70f12d7b48512723b991fa41d655d5d..1f2d5f279c286e605efc4d7ad773b9b15612261b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/dumper.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/dumper.pro
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ include(../../qworkbenchlibrary.pri)
 linux-* {
 CONFIG -= release
 CONFIG += debug
+# The following line works around a linker issue with gcc 4.1.2
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= -O2
 }
 
 SOURCES += ../../../share/qtcreator/gdbmacros/gdbmacros.cpp