diff --git a/src/Platform/AbstractXApplication.cpp b/src/Platform/AbstractXApplication.cpp
index 423879c86..2951900c0 100644
--- a/src/Platform/AbstractXApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/Platform/AbstractXApplication.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ AbstractXApplication::AbstractXApplication(AbstractContextHandler<Display*, Visu
 
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
 AbstractXApplication::AbstractXApplication(AbstractContextHandler<Display*, VisualID, Window>* contextHandler, const Arguments&): contextHandler(contextHandler), c(nullptr), flags(Flag::Redraw) {
-    createContext({});
+    /* GCC 4.5 can't handle {} here (wtf) */
+    createContext(Configuration());
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/Platform/GlutApplication.cpp b/src/Platform/GlutApplication.cpp
index f5341cb61..718db343f 100644
--- a/src/Platform/GlutApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/Platform/GlutApplication.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ GlutApplication::GlutApplication(const Arguments& arguments, const Configuration
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
 GlutApplication::GlutApplication(const Arguments& arguments): c(nullptr) {
     initialize(arguments.argc, arguments.argv);
-    createContext({});
+    /* GCC 4.5 can't handle {} here (wtf) */
+    createContext(Configuration());
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/Platform/Sdl2Application.cpp b/src/Platform/Sdl2Application.cpp
index c531db63a..7fb919d46 100644
--- a/src/Platform/Sdl2Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Platform/Sdl2Application.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ Sdl2Application::Sdl2Application(const Arguments&, const Configuration& configur
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
 Sdl2Application::Sdl2Application(const Arguments&): context(nullptr), flags(Flag::Redraw) {
     initialize();
-    createContext({});
+    /* GCC 4.5 can't handle {} here (wtf) */
+    createContext(Configuration());
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/Platform/magnum-info.cpp b/src/Platform/magnum-info.cpp
index 2a03f33b5..3579ed244 100644
--- a/src/Platform/magnum-info.cpp
+++ b/src/Platform/magnum-info.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ MagnumInfo::MagnumInfo(const Arguments& arguments): Platform::WindowlessApplicat
 
     /* Create context after parsing arguments, so the help can be displayed
        without creating context */
-    createContext({});
+    /* GCC 4.5 can't handle {} here (wtf) */
+    createContext(Configuration());
     Context* c = Context::current();
 
     /* Pass debug output as messages to JavaScript */