diff --git a/src/Magnum/AbstractShaderProgram.cpp b/src/Magnum/AbstractShaderProgram.cpp
index 57a07514d..064af490d 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/AbstractShaderProgram.cpp
+++ b/src/Magnum/AbstractShaderProgram.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ bool AbstractShaderProgram::link(std::initializer_list<std::reference_wrapper<Ab
 Int AbstractShaderProgram::uniformLocationInternal(const Containers::ArrayReference<const char> name) {
     GLint location = glGetUniformLocation(_id, name);
     if(location == -1)
-        Warning() << "AbstractShaderProgram: location of uniform \'" + std::string{name, name.size()} + "\' cannot be retrieved!";
+        /* GCC 4.5 takes {} as initialization from list of chars */
+        Warning() << "AbstractShaderProgram: location of uniform \'" + std::string(name, name.size()) + "\' cannot be retrieved!";
     return location;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Magnum/Shaders/DistanceFieldVector.cpp b/src/Magnum/Shaders/DistanceFieldVector.cpp
index 5ef839799..ab2d40774 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Shaders/DistanceFieldVector.cpp
+++ b/src/Magnum/Shaders/DistanceFieldVector.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ template<UnsignedInt dimensions> DistanceFieldVector<dimensions>::DistanceFieldV
     std::initializer_list<std::reference_wrapper<Shader>> ss{std::ref(frag), std::ref(vert)};
     CORRADE_INTERNAL_ASSERT_OUTPUT(Shader::compile(ss));
 
-    AbstractShaderProgram::attachShaders({frag, vert});
+    AbstractShaderProgram::attachShaders(ss);
 
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
     if(!Context::current()->isExtensionSupported<Extensions::GL::ARB::explicit_attrib_location>(version))
diff --git a/src/Magnum/Shaders/Vector.cpp b/src/Magnum/Shaders/Vector.cpp
index 38dec2134..a56638407 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Shaders/Vector.cpp
+++ b/src/Magnum/Shaders/Vector.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ template<UnsignedInt dimensions> Vector<dimensions>::Vector(): transformationPro
     std::initializer_list<std::reference_wrapper<Shader>> ss{std::ref(frag), std::ref(vert)};
     CORRADE_INTERNAL_ASSERT_OUTPUT(Shader::compile(ss));
 
-    AbstractShaderProgram::attachShaders({vert,  frag});
+    AbstractShaderProgram::attachShaders(ss);
 
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
     if(!Context::current()->isExtensionSupported<Extensions::GL::ARB::explicit_attrib_location>(version))