diff --git a/cmake/googletest.cmake b/cmake/googletest.cmake
index 3c6cb56cce..d6577ac33e 100644
--- a/cmake/googletest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/googletest.cmake
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ list(APPEND GTEST_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
      -Wno-comma
      -Wno-old-style-cast
      -Wno-deprecated
+     -Wno-unsafe-buffer-usage
 )
 message(STATUS "Suppressing googltest warnings with flags: ${GTEST_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")