diff --git a/Modules/FindKDE3.cmake b/Modules/FindKDE3.cmake
index aeba824b4..543ec7d9c 100644
--- a/Modules/FindKDE3.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindKDE3.cmake
@@ -82,25 +82,35 @@ FIND_PACKAGE(X11 ${_REQ_STRING_KDE3})
 
 #add some KDE specific stuff
 SET(KDE3_DEFINITIONS -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -D_GNU_SOURCE)
+set(_KDE3_USE_FLAGS FALSE)
+if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+  set(_KDE3_USE_FLAGS TRUE) # use flags for gnu compiler
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} --version
+                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE out)
+  # gnu 2.96 does not work with flags
+  if(out MATCHES 2.96)
+    set(_KDE3_NO_FLAGS FALSE)
+  endif(out MATCHES 2.96)
+endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 
 #only on linux, but NOT e.g. on FreeBSD:
-IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND _KDE3_NO_FLAGS)
    SET (KDE3_DEFINITIONS ${KDE3_DEFINITIONS} -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE)
    SET ( CMAKE_C_FLAGS     "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-long-long -ansi -Wundef -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-common")
    SET ( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -ansi -Wundef -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wformat-security -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common")
-ENDIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+ENDIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND _KDE3_NO_FLAGS)
 
 # works on FreeBSD, NOT tested on NetBSD and OpenBSD
-IF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES BSD AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+IF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES BSD AND _KDE3_NO_FLAGS)
    SET ( CMAKE_C_FLAGS     "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-long-long -ansi -Wundef -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-common")
    SET ( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common")
-ENDIF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES BSD AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+ENDIF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES BSD AND _KDE3_NO_FLAGS)
 
 # if no special buildtype is selected, add -O2 as default optimization
-IF (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+IF (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND _KDE3_NO_FLAGS)
    SET ( CMAKE_C_FLAGS     "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -O2")
    SET ( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O2")
-ENDIF (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+ENDIF (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND _KDE3_NO_FLAGS)
 
 
 #SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-avoid-version -module -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined")