diff -Nru php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/changelog php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/changelog	2013-07-22 06:25:25.000000000 +0000
+++ php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/changelog	2013-08-03 01:27:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+php5 (5.5.1+dfsg-1+rpi1) jessie-staging; urgency=low
+
+  * Build with gcc/g++ 4.8 to avoid ICE
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sat, 03 Aug 2013 01:27:33 +0000
+
 php5 (5.5.1+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version 5.5.1+dfsg
diff -Nru php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/control php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/control
--- php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/control	2013-07-22 06:25:25.000000000 +0000
+++ php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/control	2013-08-03 01:29:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@
 	       re2c,
 	       unixodbc-dev,
 	       zlib1g-dev,
-	       tzdata
+	       tzdata,
+	       gcc-4.8,
+	       g++-4.8
 Build-Conflicts: bind-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-php/php.git
diff -Nru php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/rules php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/rules
--- php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/rules	2013-07-22 06:25:25.000000000 +0000
+++ php5-5.5.1+dfsg/debian/rules	2013-08-03 01:27:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode. 
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+export CC=gcc-4.8
+export CXX=g++-4.8
+
 # This has to be exported to make some magic below work.
 export DH_OPTIONS