diff --git a/status/compiler.cfg b/status/compiler.cfg
index 1f26757c12..7c5e112cc4 100644
--- a/status/compiler.cfg
+++ b/status/compiler.cfg
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ como -e10 -tnone --wchar_t --no_microsoft_bugs -D_WCHAR_T_DEFINED -o boosttmp -I
 win32
 cygwin
 GCC under cygwin
-g++ -c -ftemplate-depth-30 -I%include %source
+g++ -c -ftemplate-depth-40 -I%include %source
 g++ -o boosttmp.exe -ftemplate-depth-30 -I%include %source
 GNU <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/">GCC</a><br>2.95.2-6<br><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/">Cygwin</a> 1.1.7