diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 19c06885752..94b87900aed 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-05-09  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
+
+	* rtl.h (ENABLE_RTL_FLAG_CHECKING): Also check for gcc >= 2.7.
+
 2002-05-09  Neil Booth  <neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Update.
diff --git a/gcc/rtl.h b/gcc/rtl.h
index be37b033e9e..2406b73d966 100644
--- a/gcc/rtl.h
+++ b/gcc/rtl.h
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ extern void rtvec_check_failed_bounds PARAMS ((rtvec, int,
 /* Access an individual rtx flag, with no checking of any kind.  */
 #define RTX_FLAG(RTX, FLAG)	((RTX)->FLAG)
 
-#if defined ENABLE_RTL_FLAG_CHECKING
+#if defined ENABLE_RTL_FLAG_CHECKING && (GCC_VERSION >= 2007)
 #define RTL_FLAG_CHECK1(NAME, RTX, C1) __extension__			\
 ({ rtx const _rtx = (RTX);						\
    if (GET_CODE(_rtx) != C1)						\