diff --git a/src/uv-common.h b/src/uv-common.h
index c7894148..063588ea 100644
--- a/src/uv-common.h
+++ b/src/uv-common.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ extern int snprintf(char*, size_t, const char*, ...);
 #define STATIC_ASSERT(expr)                                                   \
   void uv__static_assert(int static_assert_failed[1 - 2 * !(expr)])
 
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 4 || __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7)
 #define uv__load_relaxed(p) __atomic_load_n(p, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)
 #define uv__store_relaxed(p, v) __atomic_store_n(p, v, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)
 #else