diff --git a/util/status.cc b/util/status.cc

index ad948f0..9a310c9 100644

--- a/util/status.cc

+++ b/util/status.cc

@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ const char* Status::CopyState(const char* state) {

   assert(ret == 0);

   return result;

 #else

+#pragma GCC diagnostic push

+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstringop-overflow="

   const size_t cch = std::strlen(state) + 1;  // +1 for the null terminator

   return std::strncpy(new char[cch], state, cch);

+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop

 #endif

 }