diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 82e6c80c..0b49e5f3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow \
 -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings \
 -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes \
--Wno-long-long -Wno-format-extra-args")
+-Wno-long-long -Wno-format-extra-args -Wno-array-bounds")
 
     if(LIBXML2_WITH_LEGACY AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         check_linker_flag(C "LINKER:--undefined-version" FLAG_UNDEFINED_VERSION)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1d3a52ba..190482a6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ else
     # warnings we'd like to see
     AM_CFLAGS="${AM_CFLAGS} -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes"
     # warnings we'd like to suppress
-    AM_CFLAGS="${AM_CFLAGS} -Wno-long-long -Wno-format-extra-args"
+    AM_CFLAGS="${AM_CFLAGS} -Wno-long-long -Wno-format-extra-args -Wno-array-bounds"
     case "${host}" in
           alpha*-*-linux* )
 	       AM_CFLAGS="${AM_CFLAGS} -mieee"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5dc3c7ad..b44a3e10 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ if cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'gcc'
         '-Wmissing-prototypes',
         '-Wno-long-long',
         '-Wno-format-extra-args',
+        '-Wno-array-bounds',
     ]
 
     if host_machine.cpu_family() == 'alpha'