diff -Nru vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/changelog vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/changelog
--- vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/changelog	2016-05-28 11:38:42.000000000 +0000
+++ vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/changelog	2016-10-04 23:09:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vtk6 (6.3.0+dfsg1-1+rpi1) stretch-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Build with gcc/g++ 5 to avoid ICE.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Tue, 04 Oct 2016 23:09:00 +0000
+
 vtk6 (6.3.0+dfsg1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * [f583c9c] d/control,d/rules: Move arch:all B-D Closes: #821164
diff -Nru vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/control vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/control
--- vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/control	2016-05-27 11:28:05.000000000 +0000
+++ vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/control	2016-10-04 23:09:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@
                x11proto-core-dev,
                xauth,
                xvfb,
-               zlib1g-dev
+               zlib1g-dev,
+               gcc-5,
+               g++-5
 Build-Depends-Indep: doxygen-latex,
                      texlive-binaries,
                      texlive-math-extra,
diff -Nru vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/rules vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/rules
--- vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/rules	2016-05-27 20:01:49.000000000 +0000
+++ vtk6-6.3.0+dfsg1/debian/rules	2016-10-04 23:09:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export CXX :=g++-5
+export OMPI_CXX :=g++-5
+export CC :=gcc-5
+export OMPI_CC :=gcc-5
+
 BUILDDIR = $(CURDIR)/debian/build
 
 # deduce documentation option (build-indep target)