diff --git a/srcpkgs/elfutils/template b/srcpkgs/elfutils/template
index 1d920a95dea..54ebf0bc83c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elfutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elfutils/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ checksum=3f300087c42b6f35591163b48246b4098ce39c4c6f5d55a83023c903c5776553
 
 # Suppress certain warnings to not fail for -Werror
 CFLAGS="-Wno-unused-result -Wno-format-nonliteral"
+_gccver=$(gcc --version | awk '/^gcc \(GCC\)/ { print $3 }')
+if [ "${_gccver%%.*}" -gt 5 ]; then
+	CFLAGS+=" -Wno-null-dereference"
+fi
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) makedepends+=" argp-standalone musl-fts-devel musl-obstack" ;;