diff --git a/squid.spec b/squid.spec
index 465af2d..387c0ee 100644
--- a/squid.spec
+++ b/squid.spec
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ LDFLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS -pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--warn-shared-textrel"
    %ifnarch %{power64} ia64 x86_64 s390x aarch64
    --with-large-files \
    %endif
+# disable strict error checking, since GCC7 is producing false-positive
+# error on arm arch
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439647
+   %ifarch %{arm}
+   --disable-strict-error-checking \
+   %endif
    --enable-linux-netfilter \
    --enable-removal-policies="heap,lru" \
    --enable-snmp \