diff --git a/poplar.mk b/poplar.mk
index c5153d2d58922eb0131714a824a047c25d0d9f2d..14b43f7461b7e3b9be201b868bb5a6c225e99389 100644
--- a/poplar.mk
+++ b/poplar.mk
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ LINUX_DEFCONFIG_COMMON_FILES := \
 linux-defconfig: $(LINUX_PATH)/.config
 
 LINUX_COMMON_FLAGS += ARCH=arm64
+# Avoid compile errors with GCC 8.x. These flags may be removed when
+# https://github.com/96boards-poplar/linux/pull/3 is merged.
+LINUX_COMMON_FLAGS += CFLAGS_drv_hifb_proc.o=-Wno-stringop-truncation \
+		      CFLAGS_drv_pvr_intf.o=-Wno-sizeof-pointer-memaccess \
+		      CFLAGS_drv_display.o=-Wno-array-bounds
 
 linux: linux-common