diff --git a/pd/bq/bq_cont.C b/pd/bq/bq_cont.C
index 3d5fbed..73bee26 100644
--- a/pd/bq/bq_cont.C
+++ b/pd/bq/bq_cont.C
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ unsigned int bq_spec_reserve() throw() {
 
 #if \
 	__gcc_version_current >= __gcc_version(3, 3, 0) &&  \
-	__gcc_version_current < __gcc_version(4, 7, 0) && \
+	__gcc_version_current < __gcc_version(4, 8, 0) && \
 	!defined(__arm__)
 
 struct __cxa_eh_globals {
diff --git a/pd/bq/bq_cont_supp.S b/pd/bq/bq_cont_supp.S
index 0d5a165..eb1baac 100644
--- a/pd/bq/bq_cont_supp.S
+++ b/pd/bq/bq_cont_supp.S
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 // This library may be distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL 2.1.
 // See the file ‘COPYING’ or ‘http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html’.
 
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__ELF__)
+.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
+#endif
+
 .file "bq_cont_supp.S"
 
 #if defined(__i386__)
diff --git a/test/bq/align.C b/test/bq/align.C
index 376c979..df9e188 100644
--- a/test/bq/align.C
+++ b/test/bq/align.C
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ bq_spec_decl(int, sp2);
 
 char md[16];
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wuninitialized"
 void job(void *) {
 	int k;
 	char local_md[16];
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ void job(void *) {
 		md[k] ^= local_md[k];
 	}
 }
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
 bq_cont_count_t cont_count(3);