diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index f1fcdd0ea6..79e3d556ed 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ compileFlags = [
     '-fno-strict-aliasing',
     '-msse2',
     '-fvisibility=hidden',
+    '-static',
     #'-fomit-frame-pointer'
     ]
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureDecoder.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureDecoder.cpp
index e859d86815..5d3f42662f 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureDecoder.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureDecoder.cpp
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ PC_TexFormat TexDecoder_Decode(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, int width, int height, in
         return PC_TEX_FMT_BGRA32;
     case GX_TF_I4:
         {
-#ifdef _WIN32
+//Works in GCC 4.3 and above, possibly 4.2 and above
+#if (defined(_WIN32) || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3))
 			__m128i Lmask = _mm_set1_epi8 (0x0F);
 			__m128i Hmask = _mm_set1_epi8 (0xF0);
 			__m128i* sseSrc  = (__m128i *)src;