diff --git a/test/gtest_output_test_.cc b/test/gtest_output_test_.cc
index 0e49f6c3..6d42ad80 100644
--- a/test/gtest_output_test_.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_output_test_.cc
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_TYPED_TEST_CASE_P(My, ATypeParamDeathTest, NumericTypes);
 // Tests various failure conditions of
 // EXPECT_{,NON}FATAL_FAILURE{,_ON_ALL_THREADS}.
 class ExpectFailureTest : public testing::Test {
- protected:
+ public:  // Must be public and not protected due to a bug in g++ 3.4.2.
   enum FailureMode {
     FATAL_FAILURE,
     NONFATAL_FAILURE
diff --git a/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index 8becca15..878aa23c 100644
--- a/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static void AddNonfatalFailure() {
 }
 
 class ScopedFakeTestPartResultReporterTest : public Test {
- protected:
+ public:  // Must be public and not protected due to a bug in g++ 3.4.2.
   enum FailureMode {
     FATAL_FAILURE,
     NONFATAL_FAILURE
@@ -2701,7 +2701,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_TYPED_TEST_CASE_P(My, DISABLED_TypedTestP, NumericTypes);
 // Tests that assertion macros evaluate their arguments exactly once.
 
 class SingleEvaluationTest : public Test {
- public:
+ public:  // Must be public and not protected due to a bug in g++ 3.4.2.
   // This helper function is needed by the FailedASSERT_STREQ test
   // below.  It's public to work around C++Builder's bug with scoping local
   // classes.