diff --git a/include/asterisk/astobj.h b/include/asterisk/astobj.h
index 61d183f786b64e32aaaedbbbed242668974e5f66..cc196867689b3885c44d854a1bc3a0d8b274a956 100755
--- a/include/asterisk/astobj.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/astobj.h
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ extern "C" {
 #define ASTOBJ_FLAG_DELME 	(1 << 0)		/* Object has been deleted, remove on last unref */
 #define ASTOBJ_FLAG_MARKED	(1 << 1)		/* Object has been marked for possible deletion */
 
+#if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 96)
+#define __builtin_expect(exp, c) (exp)
+#endif
+
 /* C++ is simply a syntactic crutch for those who cannot think for themselves
    in an object oriented way. */