diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index 03983099d..ae882e128 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  - added a powerpc kernel26-disable.lst to fix linux26 for PowerPC
  - Sebastian Jaenicke: updated samba (3.0.1)
  - Alan J. Wylie: updated spamassassin
+ - Dimitar Zhekov: workaround for memtest86 to avoid gcc-33 if possible
 
 *) 2003-12-21 (2.0.0-rc3 - 2.0.0-rc4)
 
diff --git a/package/x86/memtest86/memtest86.conf b/package/x86/memtest86/memtest86.conf
index db2f7c74b..06b61d052 100644
--- a/package/x86/memtest86/memtest86.conf
+++ b/package/x86/memtest86/memtest86.conf
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ makeinstopt=''
 if [ -f $root/var/adm/packages/gcc2 ] ; then
 	hook_add postmake 3 memtest86_install
 else
+	# memtest fails to compile with gcc-33
+	if [ -f $root/var/adm/packages/gcc3 ] ; then
+		var_append makeopt ' ' "CC=gcc-3"
+	else
+		makeopt=''
+	fi
+	# gcc-3-compiled memtest fails to work
 	hook_add postmake 3 memtest86_install_nogcc2
 fi
 hook_add postmake 4 "cp -v $confdir/install.sh $sbindir/memtest86_install ;\