diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make b/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make
index 884d099516cd498c683c1c009c00487f22bcdf65..35b7a89ccff463a5c7dd86f82469effc87969778 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/adlc.make
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ ADLCFLAGS += -q -T
 
 # Normally, debugging is done directly on the ad_<arch>*.cpp files.
 # But -g will put #line directives in those files pointing back to <arch>.ad.
+# Some builds of gcc 3.2 have a bug that gets tickled by the extra #line directives
+# so skip it for 3.2 and ealier.
+ifneq "$(shell expr \( $(CC_VER_MAJOR) \> 3 \) \| \( \( $(CC_VER_MAJOR) = 3 \) \& \( $(CC_VER_MINOR) \>= 3 \) \))" "0"
 ADLCFLAGS += -g
+endif
 
 ifdef LP64
 ADLCFLAGS += -D_LP64