diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6553fbef0..6f50551f7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ver 0.20.22 (not yet released)
   - now runs as a service
   - add button to start/stop MPD
   - add option to auto-start on boot
+* work around clang bug leading to crash
 * install the SVG icon
 
 ver 0.20.21 (2018/08/17)
diff --git a/src/input/Error.hxx b/src/input/Error.hxx
index b52b9d06b..0811abc68 100644
--- a/src/input/Error.hxx
+++ b/src/input/Error.hxx
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@
  * exist?  This function attempts to recognize exceptions thrown by
  * various input plugins.
  */
+#ifndef __clang__
+/* the "pure" attribute must be disabled because it triggers a clang
+   bug, wrongfully leading to std::terminate() even though the
+   function catches all exceptions thrown by std::rethrow_exception();
+   this can be reproduced with clang 7 from Android NDK r18b and on
+   clang 6 on FreeBSD
+   (https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/issues/373) */
 gcc_pure
+#endif
 bool
 IsFileNotFound(std::exception_ptr e);