diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c3978ed30a5af..10514f0a0d6a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
 		set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -flto=${LTO_JOBS}" CACHE STRING "Release build flags with LTO" FORCE)
 
 		MESSAGE("Using GCC gold linker")
-		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} -fuse-ld=gold" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} -fuse-ld=gold -Wno-stringop-overflow" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 	endif(ENABLE_LTO)
 endif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
 
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 732cf99f09451..79782fe85b6ae 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ for env in [test_env, client_env, env]:
 
             if env["enable_lto"] == True:
                 rel_comp_flags = rel_comp_flags + " -flto=" + str(env["jobs"])
-                rel_link_flags = rel_comp_flags + " -fuse-ld=gold"
+                rel_link_flags = rel_comp_flags + " -fuse-ld=gold -Wno-stringop-overflow"
         elif "clang" in env["CXX"]:
             if env["pgo_data"] == "generate":
                 rel_comp_flags = rel_comp_flags + " -fprofile-instr-generate=pgo_data/wesnoth-%p.profraw"