diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 19caef5..4e4de91 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ endif()
 find_package(OpenFHE 1.2.1 REQUIRED)
 find_package(pybind11 REQUIRED)
 
-set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${OpenFHE_CXX_FLAGS} )
+set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${OpenFHE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-error=stringop-overread")
 set( OpenFHE_Py_SOURCES src/lib)
 set( OpenFHE_Py_INCLUDES src/include)