diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5c0e09..1ae35a4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ option(BUILD_FOR_GLTF "" OFF)
 option(BUILD_MAYA_PLUGIN "Build plugin library for Maya." OFF)
 option(BUILD_USD_PLUGIN "Build plugin library for USD." OFF)
 
+if(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES GNU
+   AND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 5)
+  message(WARNING "GNU/GCC VERSION LESS THAN 5, ENABLING COMPATIBILITY MODE.")
+  draco_enable_feature(FEATURE "DRACO_OLD_GCC")
+endif()
+
 if(BUILD_FOR_GLTF)
   # Override settings when building for GLTF.
   draco_enable_feature(FEATURE "DRACO_MESH_COMPRESSION_SUPPORTED")
diff --git a/src/draco/compression/point_cloud/algorithms/dynamic_integer_points_kd_tree_decoder.h b/src/draco/compression/point_cloud/algorithms/dynamic_integer_points_kd_tree_decoder.h
index e220a2a..61a1535 100644
--- a/src/draco/compression/point_cloud/algorithms/dynamic_integer_points_kd_tree_decoder.h
+++ b/src/draco/compression/point_cloud/algorithms/dynamic_integer_points_kd_tree_decoder.h
@@ -95,8 +95,11 @@ class DynamicIntegerPointsKdTreeDecoder {
   // Decodes a integer point cloud from |buffer|.
   template <class OutputIteratorT>
   bool DecodePoints(DecoderBuffer *buffer, OutputIteratorT &oit);
+
+#ifndef DRACO_OLD_GCC
   template <class OutputIteratorT>
   bool DecodePoints(DecoderBuffer *buffer, OutputIteratorT &&oit);
+#endif  // DRACO_OLD_GCC
 
   const uint32_t dimension() const { return dimension_; }
 
@@ -138,6 +141,7 @@ class DynamicIntegerPointsKdTreeDecoder {
 };
 
 // Decodes a point cloud from |buffer|.
+#ifndef DRACO_OLD_GCC
 template <int compression_level_t>
 template <class OutputIteratorT>
 bool DynamicIntegerPointsKdTreeDecoder<compression_level_t>::DecodePoints(
@@ -145,6 +149,7 @@ bool DynamicIntegerPointsKdTreeDecoder<compression_level_t>::DecodePoints(
   OutputIteratorT local = std::forward<OutputIteratorT>(oit);
   return DecodePoints(buffer, local);
 }
+#endif  // DRACO_OLD_GCC
 
 template <int compression_level_t>
 template <class OutputIteratorT>
diff --git a/src/draco/compression/point_cloud/algorithms/float_points_tree_decoder.h b/src/draco/compression/point_cloud/algorithms/float_points_tree_decoder.h
index 80be0c9..2e8d66e 100644
--- a/src/draco/compression/point_cloud/algorithms/float_points_tree_decoder.h
+++ b/src/draco/compression/point_cloud/algorithms/float_points_tree_decoder.h
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ class FloatPointsTreeDecoder {
   // Decodes a point cloud from |buffer|.
   template <class OutputIteratorT>
   bool DecodePointCloud(DecoderBuffer *buffer, OutputIteratorT &out);
+
+#ifndef DRACO_OLD_GCC
   template <class OutputIteratorT>
   bool DecodePointCloud(DecoderBuffer *buffer, OutputIteratorT &&out);
+#endif  // BUILD_OLD_GCC
+
   // Initializes a DecoderBuffer from |data|, and calls function above.
   template <class OutputIteratorT>
   bool DecodePointCloud(const char *data, size_t data_size,
@@ -72,12 +76,16 @@ class FloatPointsTreeDecoder {
   uint32_t compression_level_;
 };
 
+#ifndef DRACO_OLD_GCC
+// TODO(vytyaz): Reenable once USD migrates from GCC 4.8 to a higher version
+// that can disambiguate calls to overloaded methods taking rvalue reference.
 template <class OutputIteratorT>
 bool FloatPointsTreeDecoder::DecodePointCloud(DecoderBuffer *buffer,
                                               OutputIteratorT &&out) {
   OutputIteratorT local = std::forward<OutputIteratorT>(out);
   return DecodePointCloud(buffer, local);
 }
+#endif  // BUILD_OLD_GCC
 
 template <class OutputIteratorT>
 bool FloatPointsTreeDecoder::DecodePointCloud(DecoderBuffer *buffer,