# DP: When using GCC versions older than 4.9, automagically mangle
# DP: -fstack-protector-strong to -fstack-protector

--- a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import string
 import sys
+import fnmatch
 
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError
 
@@ -207,6 +208,10 @@ def customize_compiler(compiler):
             cc = newcc
         if 'CXX' in os.environ:
             cxx = os.environ['CXX']
+        if fnmatch.filter([cc, cxx], '*-4.[0-8]'):
+            configure_cflags = configure_cflags.replace('-fstack-protector-strong', '-fstack-protector')
+            ldshared = ldshared.replace('-fstack-protector-strong', '-fstack-protector')
+            cflags = cflags.replace('-fstack-protector-strong', '-fstack-protector')
         if 'LDSHARED' in os.environ:
             ldshared = os.environ['LDSHARED']
         if 'CPP' in os.environ: