diff --git a/src/Platform/NaClApplication.cpp b/src/Platform/NaClApplication.cpp
index affad1c7c..7a332dd5f 100644
--- a/src/Platform/NaClApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/Platform/NaClApplication.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ NaClApplication::NaClApplication(const Arguments& arguments, const Configuration
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
 NaClApplication::NaClApplication(const Arguments& arguments): Instance(arguments), Graphics3DClient(this), MouseLock(this), c(nullptr) {
     debugOutput = new ConsoleDebugOutput(this);
-    createContext({});
+    /* GCC 4.5 can't handle {} here (wtf) */
+    createContext(Configuration());
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/Platform/WindowlessNaClApplication.cpp b/src/Platform/WindowlessNaClApplication.cpp
index 8d81deda8..4e064fcf9 100644
--- a/src/Platform/WindowlessNaClApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/Platform/WindowlessNaClApplication.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ WindowlessNaClApplication::WindowlessNaClApplication(const Arguments& arguments,
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
 WindowlessNaClApplication::WindowlessNaClApplication(const Arguments& arguments): Instance(arguments), Graphics3DClient(this), c(nullptr) {
     debugOutput = new ConsoleDebugOutput(this);
-    createContext({});
+    /* GCC 4.5 can't handle {} here (wtf) */
+    createContext(Configuration());
 }
 #endif