diff --git a/vm/Config.openbsd b/vm/Config.openbsd
index a172cbfaba..74ea32ebb0 100644
--- a/vm/Config.openbsd
+++ b/vm/Config.openbsd
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ include vm/Config.unix
 PLAF_DLL_OBJS += vm/os-genunix.o vm/os-openbsd.o
 CC = egcc
 CPP = eg++
-CFLAGS += -export-dynamic
+# -fno-inline-functions works around a gcc 4.2.0 bug
+CFLAGS += -export-dynamic -fno-inline-functions
 LIBS = -L/usr/local/lib/ -lm $(X11_UI_LIBS) -lz -lssl -lcrypto -lpthread