diff --git a/src/postprocessing/sqlite/extern/sqlite3.c b/src/postprocessing/sqlite/extern/sqlite3.c
index 0395a6699356e6acacaf1ee0f88b3ea47d30716a..cdc33f2e9baebaa9e47184dcd17b2734e9eae482 100644
--- a/src/postprocessing/sqlite/extern/sqlite3.c
+++ b/src/postprocessing/sqlite/extern/sqlite3.c
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@
 
 // Disable gcc warnings
 #ifdef WALBERLA_CXX_COMPILER_IS_GNU
+#if __GNUC__  > 6
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstringop-overflow"
 #endif
+#endif
 
 // Disable thread safety and load extension - compilable on all systems
 #define SQLITE_THREADSAFE 0