diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3a870d6d..3b6db49b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ ifeq ($(shell dpkg --compare-versions $(shell dpkg-query -W -f '$${Version}' g++
 # More: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34140 & https://bugs.debian.org/873609
 CXXFLAGS_EXTRA += -gsplit-dwarf
 else 
-$(error "Broken gcc version for -gsplit-dwarf support. Please use < gcc 7 or > 7.2.0-2")
-endif # < gcc 7 or > 7.2.0-2
+$(error "Broken gcc version for -gsplit-dwarf support. Please use < gcc 7 or >= 7.2.0-2")
+endif # < gcc 7 or >= 7.2.0-2
 endif # binutils
 endif # archs