diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c335bd45565..07726ed8a29 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4699,6 +4699,7 @@ fi
   # We want to suppress clang's unhelpful unused-command-line-argument warnings
   # but gcc won't complain about unrecognized -Wno-foo switches, so we have to
   # test for the positive form and if that works, add the negative form
+  NOT_THE_CFLAGS=""
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $CC supports -Wunused-command-line-argument" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking whether $CC supports -Wunused-command-line-argument... " >&6; }
 if ${pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wunused_command_line_argument+:} false; then :
@@ -4737,6 +4738,85 @@ fi
   if test -n "$NOT_THE_CFLAGS"; then
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-unused-command-line-argument"
   fi
+  # Similarly disable useless truncation warnings from gcc 8+
+  NOT_THE_CFLAGS=""
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $CC supports -Wformat-truncation" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether $CC supports -Wformat-truncation... " >&6; }
+if ${pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wformat_truncation+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  pgac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+CFLAGS="$pgac_save_CFLAGS -Wformat-truncation"
+ac_save_c_werror_flag=$ac_c_werror_flag
+ac_c_werror_flag=yes
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wformat_truncation=yes
+else
+  pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wformat_truncation=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+ac_c_werror_flag=$ac_save_c_werror_flag
+CFLAGS="$pgac_save_CFLAGS"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wformat_truncation" >&5
+$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wformat_truncation" >&6; }
+if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wformat_truncation" = x"yes"; then
+  NOT_THE_CFLAGS="${NOT_THE_CFLAGS} -Wformat-truncation"
+fi
+
+  if test -n "$NOT_THE_CFLAGS"; then
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-format-truncation"
+  fi
+  NOT_THE_CFLAGS=""
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $CC supports -Wstringop-truncation" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether $CC supports -Wstringop-truncation... " >&6; }
+if ${pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wstringop_truncation+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  pgac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+CFLAGS="$pgac_save_CFLAGS -Wstringop-truncation"
+ac_save_c_werror_flag=$ac_c_werror_flag
+ac_c_werror_flag=yes
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wstringop_truncation=yes
+else
+  pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wstringop_truncation=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+ac_c_werror_flag=$ac_save_c_werror_flag
+CFLAGS="$pgac_save_CFLAGS"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wstringop_truncation" >&5
+$as_echo "$pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wstringop_truncation" >&6; }
+if test x"$pgac_cv_prog_cc_cflags__Wstringop_truncation" = x"yes"; then
+  NOT_THE_CFLAGS="${NOT_THE_CFLAGS} -Wstringop-truncation"
+fi
+
+  if test -n "$NOT_THE_CFLAGS"; then
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-stringop-truncation"
+  fi
 elif test "$ICC" = yes; then
   # Intel's compiler has a bug/misoptimization in checking for
   # division by NAN (NaN == 0), -mp1 fixes it, so add it to the CFLAGS.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index eca94526cb7..56e95dc36c8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -443,10 +443,22 @@ if test "$GCC" = yes -a "$ICC" = no; then
   # We want to suppress clang's unhelpful unused-command-line-argument warnings
   # but gcc won't complain about unrecognized -Wno-foo switches, so we have to
   # test for the positive form and if that works, add the negative form
+  NOT_THE_CFLAGS=""
   PGAC_PROG_CC_VAR_OPT(NOT_THE_CFLAGS, [-Wunused-command-line-argument])
   if test -n "$NOT_THE_CFLAGS"; then
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-unused-command-line-argument"
   fi
+  # Similarly disable useless truncation warnings from gcc 8+
+  NOT_THE_CFLAGS=""
+  PGAC_PROG_CC_VAR_OPT(NOT_THE_CFLAGS, [-Wformat-truncation])
+  if test -n "$NOT_THE_CFLAGS"; then
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-format-truncation"
+  fi
+  NOT_THE_CFLAGS=""
+  PGAC_PROG_CC_VAR_OPT(NOT_THE_CFLAGS, [-Wstringop-truncation])
+  if test -n "$NOT_THE_CFLAGS"; then
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-stringop-truncation"
+  fi
 elif test "$ICC" = yes; then
   # Intel's compiler has a bug/misoptimization in checking for
   # division by NAN (NaN == 0), -mp1 fixes it, so add it to the CFLAGS.