diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpp-hocon/template b/srcpkgs/cpp-hocon/template
index 8a5340f71c8..c9fbe13a84d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cpp-hocon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cpp-hocon/template
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/puppetlabs/cpp-hocon"
 distfiles="https://github.com/puppetlabs/cpp-hocon/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1d771de9342e74115a27355c80a81a510c7851cb1269bac1dd2582c84425652c
+
+if [ "$XBPS_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR" -ge 8 ]; then
+        CXXFLAGS+=" -Wno-catch-value"
+fi