diff --git a/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx b/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx
index ccc46fe9a14ad5e3769de1343acd1d4addf53701..93d7d22dd30a50f26128911dcce38006dcd9ed8a 100644
--- a/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx
+++ b/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ int main() { return 0; }
 
 #ifdef TEST_KWSYS_IOS_USE_SSTREAM
 #include <sstream>
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 96
+# error "GCC 2.96 stringstream is buggy"
+#endif
 int main()
 { 
   std::ostringstream ostr;