diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1be67c11b..5249044f0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1385,6 +1385,11 @@ then
 	AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wcast-qual])
 	AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wwrite-strings])
 	AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wsign-compare])
+
+	dnl This GCC8 warning for C++17 ABI compatibility is of no
+	dnl interest for us, because we're not a shared library.
+	AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wno-noexcept-type])
+
 	AC_LANG_POP
 fi