diff --git a/math/scilab/Makefile b/math/scilab/Makefile
index d7c890449cec..186cf453440f 100644
--- a/math/scilab/Makefile
+++ b/math/scilab/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ MAKE_ENV+=	BLAS_LIBS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib ${BLAS_LIBS}"
 
 # Scilab broken with GCC 3.3 on FreeBSD 5.3
 .if ${OSVERSION} >= 503000 && ${OSVERSION} < 600000
-USE_GCC=	3.2
+#USE_GCC=	3.2 #override FC and F77
+BUILD_DEPENDS+= gcc32:${PORTSDIR}/lang/gcc32
+CC=		gcc32
+CXX=		g++32
 .endif
 
 WANT_FORTRAN=yes #dummy but future use