diff --git a/m4/virt-compile-warnings.m4 b/m4/virt-compile-warnings.m4
index e05491308c9b3254d2cfe01112e412bd2bfd3af1..fbeb3eb5e1c3d14555b6792f62e8215b216952fb 100644
--- a/m4/virt-compile-warnings.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-compile-warnings.m4
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_COMPILE_WARNINGS],[
       dontwarn="$dontwarn -Wmissing-prototypes"
       dontwarn="$dontwarn -Wmissing-declarations"
       dontwarn="$dontwarn -Wcast-align"
+    else
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([WORKING_PRAGMA_PUSH], 1,
+       [Define to 1 if gcc supports pragma push/pop])
     fi
 
     dnl Check whether strchr(s, char variable) causes a bogus compile
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index d819aa39a2b8aecc8419f37b6052f63b7c4ead2a..03c2493c7d2171d2b50b11a2e782cdcfd596f0eb 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 # endif				/* __GNUC__ */
 
 
-# if __GNUC_PREREQ (4, 6)
+# if WORKING_PRAGMA_PUSH
 #  define VIR_WARNINGS_NO_CAST_ALIGN \
     _Pragma ("GCC diagnostic push") \
     _Pragma ("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wcast-align\"")