diff --git a/amarok-1.2.4-gcc4bl.patch b/amarok-1.2.4-gcc4bl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..323ee7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amarok-1.2.4-gcc4bl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- amarok-1.2.4/configure.gcc4bl	2005-05-19 19:02:45.000000000 +0200
++++ amarok-1.2.4/configure	2005-05-29 08:44:18.000000000 +0200
+@@ -4120,7 +4120,7 @@
+ 
+ #ifdef __GNUC__
+ #if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 0 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ == 0
+-choke me
++//choke me
+ #endif
+ #endif
+ 
diff --git a/amarok.spec b/amarok.spec
index e6ad2d5..6c630fb 100644
--- a/amarok.spec
+++ b/amarok.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Group: 	    Applications/Multimedia
 License:    GPL
 Url:        http://amarok.kde.org
 Source0:    http://dl.sf.net/amarok/amarok-1.2.4.tar.bz2
+Patch0:     amarok-1.2.4-gcc4bl.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  kdemultimedia-devel >= 6:3.2
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ enables it
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+# remove test for GCC blacklisting
+%patch0 -p1 -b .gcc4bl
 
 
 %build