diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
index b05d2bddfa..c217674345 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ OBJECTS = DevicePath.o UefiDevicePathLib.o DevicePathFromText.o  DevicePathUtili
 
 include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile
 
+GCCVERSION = $(shell gcc -dumpversion | awk -F'.' '{print $$1}')
+ifneq ("$(GCCVERSION)", "5")
+ifneq ($(CXX), llvm)
 # gcc 12 trips over device path handling
 BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow
+endif
+endif
 
 LIBS = -lCommon
 ifeq ($(CYGWIN), CYGWIN)