diff --git a/multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins/Makefile b/multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins/Makefile
index b0db5d6574d1..967cb079e6bd 100644
--- a/multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ CFLAGS:=	${CFLAGS} -O2 -Wno-format
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include ${PTHREAD_CFLAGS}
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${PTHREAD_LIBS}
 
+# workaround a crash in clang 3.3 crash llvm bug # 15840
+USE_GCC=	any
+
 DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK?=	osssink
 DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC?=	osssrc
 
diff --git a/multimedia/gstreamer1/Makefile b/multimedia/gstreamer1/Makefile
index b93971b41351..7c89622f9683 100644
--- a/multimedia/gstreamer1/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gstreamer1/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/share/gir-1.0/GLib-2.0.gir:${PORTSDIR}/devel/gobject-i
 
 CFLAGS:=	${CFLAGS} -O2 -Wno-format
 USES=		bison gettext pathfix pkgconfig
+# workaround a crash in clang 3.3 crash llvm bug # 15840
+USE_GCC=	any
 USE_XZ=		yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 MAKE_JOBS_SAVE=	yes