diff --git a/code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Asset.inl b/code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Asset.inl
index c4b1e72ee..b51ac20c2 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Asset.inl
+++ b/code/AssetLib/glTF2/glTF2Asset.inl
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wsign-compare"
 #elif defined(__GNUC__)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#if (__GNUC__ > 4)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wbool-compare"
+#endif
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsign-compare"
 #endif
 
diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index ebc3e0116..d3cb6e923 100644
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1137,6 +1137,9 @@ ELSE()
   TARGET_COMPILE_OPTIONS(assimp PRIVATE -Werror)
 ENDIF()
 
+# adds C_FLAGS required to compile zip.c on old GCC 4.x compiler
+TARGET_COMPILE_FEATURES(assimp PUBLIC c_std_99)
+
 TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( assimp PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../include>
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../include>
diff --git a/include/assimp/TinyFormatter.h b/include/assimp/TinyFormatter.h
index ace20be5c..112f19013 100644
--- a/include/assimp/TinyFormatter.h
+++ b/include/assimp/TinyFormatter.h
@@ -88,9 +88,17 @@ public:
         underlying << sin;
     }
 
+    // Same problem as the copy constructor below, but with root cause is that stream move
+    // is not permitted on older GCC versions. Small performance impact on those platforms.
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 9)
+    basic_formatter(basic_formatter&& other) {
+        underlying << (string)other;
+    }
+#else
     basic_formatter(basic_formatter&& other)
         : underlying(std::move(other.underlying)) {
     }
+#endif
 
     // The problem described here:
     // https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1067632&aid=3358562&group_id=226462