diff --git a/libnymea-networkmanager/libnymea-networkmanager.pro b/libnymea-networkmanager/libnymea-networkmanager.pro
index 3463fe6..ed12a1d 100644
--- a/libnymea-networkmanager/libnymea-networkmanager.pro
+++ b/libnymea-networkmanager/libnymea-networkmanager.pro
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ QT += dbus network
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= -Werror -std=c++11 -g
 QMAKE_LFLAGS *= -std=c++11
 
+gcc {
+    COMPILER_VERSION = $$system($$QMAKE_CXX " -dumpversion")
+    COMPILER_MAJOR_VERSION = $$str_member($$COMPILER_VERSION)
+    greaterThan(COMPILER_MAJOR_VERSION, 7): QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wno-deprecated-copy
+}
+
 DEFINES += VERSION_STRING=\\\"$${VERSION_STRING}\\\"
 
 HEADERS += \