diff --git a/science/gchemutils/Makefile b/science/gchemutils/Makefile
index 63dc3de4070f..10898dccbe03 100644
--- a/science/gchemutils/Makefile
+++ b/science/gchemutils/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	gchemutils
-PORTVERSION=	0.8.6
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	0.8.7
 CATEGORIES=	science
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SAVANNAH}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}/0.8
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/bodr.pc:${PORTSDIR}/science/bodr \
 		${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/chemical-mime-data.pc:${PORTSDIR}/science/chemical-mime-data
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
+# because of openbabel
+USE_GCC=	4.2+
 USE_GNOME=	gnomehack intlhack libglade2 libgnomeprintui libgnomeui gnomedocutils
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
diff --git a/science/gchemutils/distinfo b/science/gchemutils/distinfo
index ba0ac3a59093..d6d26a669694 100644
--- a/science/gchemutils/distinfo
+++ b/science/gchemutils/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (gnome-chemistry-utils-0.8.6.tar.bz2) = 8a1531ee194e43d033084b0dc79703d8
-SHA256 (gnome-chemistry-utils-0.8.6.tar.bz2) = c350b63d87500416400d60e96ec171a69311bd05ccb936d59ca559592dcb6182
-SIZE (gnome-chemistry-utils-0.8.6.tar.bz2) = 1530874
+MD5 (gnome-chemistry-utils-0.8.7.tar.bz2) = 011344eef28cdf188c54247fa3a65448
+SHA256 (gnome-chemistry-utils-0.8.7.tar.bz2) = cb2122e1c232faec6fa89e75cf52387562da50e97f3ab5eebe2d9a8ad1e2f9fb
+SIZE (gnome-chemistry-utils-0.8.7.tar.bz2) = 1543678