diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e58f9f1246..ce4b99a05f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -524,8 +524,13 @@ endif (Boost_FOUND)
 
 # Compiler flags
 
+include (CheckCCompilerFlag)
+check_c_compiler_flag(-Wstringop-truncation have_stringop_truncation)
+if (have_stringop_truncation)
+    set(HAVE_STRINGOP_TRUNCATION TRUE)
+endif()
+
 if (APPLE)
-  include (CheckCCompilerFlag)
   include (CheckCxxCompilerFlag)
   check_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wno-unused-local-typedef, have_wno_ult)
   if (have_wno_ult)
diff --git a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
index df90698915..83509209c3 100644
--- a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,11 +66,17 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
   target_link_libraries(gnucash_core_c gncmod-app-utils gncmod-engine gnc-module ${GLIB_LIBS} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
   set_target_properties(gnucash_core_c PROPERTIES PREFIX "_")
   target_compile_options(gnucash_core_c PRIVATE -Wno-implicit -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wno-declaration-after-statement -Wno-missing-declarations)
+  if (HAVE_STRINGOP_TRUNCATION)
+    target_compile_options(gnucash_core_c PRIVATE -Wno-error=stringop-truncation)
+  endif()
 
   add_executable(sqlite3test EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL sqlite3test.c ${SWIG_GNUCASH_CORE_C})
   target_link_libraries(sqlite3test gncmod-app-utils gncmod-engine gnc-module ${GLIB_LIBS} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
   target_include_directories(sqlite3test PRIVATE ${gnucash_core_c_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   target_compile_options(sqlite3test PRIVATE -Wno-implicit -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wno-declaration-after-statement -Wno-missing-declarations)
+  if (HAVE_STRINGOP_TRUNCATION)
+    target_compile_options(sqlite3test PRIVATE -Wno-error=stringop-truncation)
+  endif()
 
   add_test(NAME sqlite3test COMMAND sqlite3test)
   add_dependencies(check sqlite3test)
diff --git a/common/test-core/CMakeLists.txt b/common/test-core/CMakeLists.txt
index 229cb39a06..b57ab5c3ac 100644
--- a/common/test-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/test-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ if (WITH_PYTHON)
   target_link_libraries(unittest_support test-core ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
   target_include_directories(unittest_support PRIVATE ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   set_target_properties(unittest_support PROPERTIES PREFIX "_")
+  if (HAVE_STRINGOP_TRUNCATION)
+    target_compile_options(unittest_support PRIVATE -Wno-error=stringop-truncation)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(test_core_SCHEME unittest-support.scm)
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt b/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt
index d44dbe221f..eb6fd3d1df 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ if (WITH_PYTHON)
 
   target_link_libraries(sw_app_utils gncmod-app-utils ${app_utils_ALL_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
   set_target_properties(sw_app_utils PROPERTIES PREFIX "_")
+  if (HAVE_STRINGOP_TRUNCATION)
+    target_compile_options(sw_app_utils PRIVATE -Wno-error=stringop-truncation)
+  endif()
 
   target_include_directories (sw_app_utils
     PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
diff --git a/libgnucash/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt b/libgnucash/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt
index fa3972c248..0093de009c 100644
--- a/libgnucash/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libgnucash/core-utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ if (WITH_PYTHON)
   target_link_libraries(sw_core_utils gnc-core-utils ${core_utils_ALL_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
   set_target_properties(sw_core_utils PROPERTIES PREFIX "_")
 
+  if (HAVE_STRINGOP_TRUNCATION)
+    target_compile_options(sw_core_utils PRIVATE -Wno-error=stringop-truncation)
+  endif()
+
   target_include_directories (sw_core_utils
     PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
     PRIVATE ${core_utils_ALL_INCLUDES} ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}