diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 19a164f..f195088 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.7.1
+####  version: 1.7.2
 ####  Date: June 17 2011
 ####  Patch Number: 00
 ########################################################################
@@ -2119,7 +2119,7 @@ show_options()
 	print_screen_output "    -d - Adds items to features line of optical drive; adds rev version to optical drive."
 	print_screen_output "    -N -A - Adds version/port(s)/driver version (if available) for Network/Audio;"
 	print_screen_output "    -N -A -G - Network, audio, graphics, shows PCI Bus ID/Usb ID number of card;"
-	print_screen_output "    -S - Desktop toolkit if avaliable (GNOME/XFCE/KDE only)"
+	print_screen_output "    -S - Desktop toolkit if avaliable (GNOME/XFCE/KDE only); Kernel gcc version"
 	print_screen_output "    -G - Direct rendering status for Graphics (in X)."
 	print_screen_output "    -G - (for single gpu, nvidia driver) screen number gpu is running on."
 	print_screen_output "    -D - Hdd temp with disk data if you have hddtemp installed, if you are root OR if you have added to"
@@ -3415,6 +3415,12 @@ get_distro_lsb_data()
 	eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+get_gcc_version()
+{
+	local gccVersion=$( grep -Eio 'gcc[[:space:]]*version[[:space:]]*([0-9\.]+)' /proc/version 2>/dev/null | grep -Eo '([0-9\.]+)' )
+	echo $gccVersion
+}
+
 get_gpu_temp_data()
 {
 	local gpu_temp='' gpu_fan='' screens='' screen_nu='' gpu_temp_looper=''
@@ -7354,7 +7360,13 @@ print_system_data()
 		host_string="${C1}Host${C2} $host_name "
 		system_data=$( create_print_line "System:" "${C1}Host${C2} $host_name ${C1}Kernel${C2}" )
 	fi
-	host_kernel_string="$host_string${C1}Kernel${C2} $current_kernel $bits "
+	if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+		gcc_string=$( get_gcc_version )
+		if [[ -n $gcc_string ]];then
+			gcc_string=" ${C1}gcc${C2} $gcc_string"
+		fi
+	fi
+	host_kernel_string="$host_string${C1}Kernel${C2} $current_kernel $bits$gcc_string "
 	
 	if [[ $( wc -c <<< "$host_kernel_string$de_distro_string" ) -lt $line_max ]];then
 		system_data="$host_kernel_string$de_distro_string"