diff --git a/host_applications/linux/libs/bcm_host/CMakeLists.txt b/host_applications/linux/libs/bcm_host/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f4beb932..7a4ab06a8 100644
--- a/host_applications/linux/libs/bcm_host/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host_applications/linux/libs/bcm_host/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if (WIN32)
    set(VCOS_PLATFORM win32)
 else ()
    set(VCOS_PLATFORM pthreads)
-   add_definitions(-Wall -Werror)
+   add_definitions(-Wall -Werror -Wno-error=format-overflow)
 endif ()
 
 # set this as we want all the source of vchostif to be available in libbcm_host