diff --git a/ansible/roles/baselayout/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/baselayout/vars/main.yml
index b9053a180..07a028103 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/baselayout/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/baselayout/vars/main.yml
@@ -104,5 +104,12 @@ packages: {
     'g++',
     'gcc',
     'git',
+    ],
+
+  ubuntu12: [
+    'ccache',
+    'g++-4.9',
+    'gcc-4.9',
+    'git'
     ]
   }
diff --git a/setup/ubuntu12.04/ansible-vars.yaml b/setup/ubuntu12.04/ansible-vars.yaml
index 994393cf1..c95dd0f6f 100644
--- a/setup/ubuntu12.04/ansible-vars.yaml
+++ b/setup/ubuntu12.04/ansible-vars.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ packages:
   - automake
   - libtool
   - curl
-  - gcc-4.8
-  - g++-4.8
+  - gcc-4.9
+  - g++-4.9
   - ccache
   - subversion