diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.186.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.186.bb
index 46ee40cce6..d742a2e14e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.186.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.186.bb
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ PTEST_ENABLED:libc-musl = "0"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--program-prefix=eu-"
 
+BUILD_CFLAGS += "-Wno-error=stringop-overflow"
+
 DEPENDS_BZIP2 = "bzip2-replacement-native"
 DEPENDS_BZIP2:class-target = "bzip2"