diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0d0c88f40c171017e7c475cbb21710c00ac00dfd..f9beb1b25d16bc2e29beec741abe304aa26262c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     wget unzip unrar tar xz-utils bzip2 gzip coreutils ntp \
     curl sed grep graphviz libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev  \
     python-matplotlib gcc-4.8 g++-4.8 \
+    ln -sf gcc-4.8 /usr/bin/gcc && \
+    ln -sf gcc-ar-4.8 /usr/bin/gcc-ar && \
+    ln -sf gcc-nm-4.8 /usr/bin/gcc-nm && \
+    ln -sf gcc-ranlib-4.8 /usr/bin/gcc-ranlib && \
+    ln -sf gcc-4.8 /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc && \
+    ln -sf gcc-ar-4.8 /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ar && \
+    ln -sf gcc-nm-4.8 /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-nm && \
+    ln -sf gcc-ranlib-4.8 /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib && \
+    ln -sf g++-4.8 /usr/bin/g++ && \
+    ln -sf g++-4.8 /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-g++ && \
     automake locales clang-format swig doxygen cmake  \
     liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev libboost-dev \
     clang-3.8 llvm-3.8 libclang-3.8-dev \