diff --git a/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/TranslationRotationScalingTransformation2D.h b/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/TranslationRotationScalingTransformation2D.h
index 4b0cc3d7c..86b93364c 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/TranslationRotationScalingTransformation2D.h
+++ b/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/TranslationRotationScalingTransformation2D.h
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ template<class T> class BasicTranslationRotationScalingTransformation2D: public
 
         Math::Vector2<T> _translation;
         Math::Complex<T> _rotation;
-        Math::Vector2<T> _scaling{T(1)};
+        /* Can't {} on GCC 4.7, _scaling(T(1)) fails on the most vexing parse
+           (what the ... eh???) */
+        Math::Vector2<T> _scaling = Math::Vector2<T>(T(1));
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/TranslationRotationScalingTransformation3D.h b/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/TranslationRotationScalingTransformation3D.h
index 4ed96c2f3..a0aa22dbf 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/TranslationRotationScalingTransformation3D.h
+++ b/src/Magnum/SceneGraph/TranslationRotationScalingTransformation3D.h
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ template<class T> class BasicTranslationRotationScalingTransformation3D: public
 
         Math::Vector3<T> _translation;
         Math::Quaternion<T> _rotation;
-        Math::Vector3<T> _scaling{T(1)};
+        /* Can't {} on GCC 4.7, _scaling(T(1)) fails on the most vexing parse
+           (what the ... eh???) */
+        Math::Vector3<T> _scaling = Math::Vector3<T>(T(1));
 };
 
 /**