diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index 4bf2c525..2d334c08 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class uConf(object):
         if gcc_major >= 4:
             self.cflags = self.cflags + [ '-Wextra', '-Wno-unused-parameter', '-Wno-missing-field-initializers' ]
         if (gcc_major == 4 and gcc_minor >= 8) or gcc_major > 4:
-            self.cflags.append('-Wno-format')
+            self.cflags.append('-Wno-format -Wno-format-security')
 
         self.ldflags = os.environ.get("LDFLAGS", "").split()
         self.libs = ['-lpthread', '-lm', '-rdynamic']