diff -Nru speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/changelog speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/changelog
--- speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/changelog	2014-04-20 00:44:41.000000000 +0000
+++ speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/changelog	2014-05-21 14:59:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+speech-tools (1:2.1~release-7+rpi1) jessie-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Build with gcc/g++ 4.9 to avoid ICE
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Wed, 21 May 2014 14:59:06 +0000
+
 speech-tools (1:2.1~release-7) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Samuel Thibault ]
diff -Nru speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/control speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/control
--- speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/control	2014-04-19 19:49:51.000000000 +0000
+++ speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/control	2014-05-21 14:59:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
                doxygen,
                doxygen-latex,
                graphviz,
-               hardening-wrapper
+               hardening-wrapper,
+               gcc-4.9, g++-4.9
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: http://festvox.org/packed/festival/
 Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/git/tts/speech-tools.git
diff -Nru speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/rules speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/rules
--- speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/rules	2014-04-19 23:07:20.000000000 +0000
+++ speech-tools-2.1~release/debian/rules	2014-05-21 22:40:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@
 
 S_SCRIPTS = raw_to_xgraph.prl make_wagon_desc.sh resynth.sh
 
+# the clean way of forcing a compiler doesn't work so we do it the dirty way
+export PATH:=$(CURDIR)/gcclinks:$(PATH)
+
 override_dh_auto_configure:
+	mkdir gcclinks
+	ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 gcclinks/gcc
+	ln -s /usr/bin/g++-4.9 gcclinks/g++
 ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" ""
 	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
 endif
@@ -49,7 +55,6 @@
 override_dh_auto_clean: override_dh_auto_configure
 	$(MAKE) clean NO_DEPEND=1 SYSTEM_TYPE=unknown_DebianGNULinux
 
-
 override_dh_clean:
 	find -name make.depend -print0 | xargs -0r $(RM)
 	find -name make.include -print0 | xargs -0r $(RM)
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@
 	$(RM) -rf doc/doxygen doc/man/*.dox
 	dh_clean
 	$(RM) config/config
+	rm -rf gcclinks
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_install -p libestools$(MAJORVER) lib/*.so.$(FULLVER) /usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)