--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
                  -Werror=init-self \
                  -Werror=format-security \
                  -Werror=format=2 \
+                 -Wno-error=format-overflow= \
                  -Werror=missing-include-dirs"
     WARN_CXXFLAGS="-Wall"
 fi