diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index 524ca83db0..fe7167b2f3 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV = \
 GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)
 
+# used to fix ../../../../libsanitizer/libbacktrace/../../libbacktrace/elf.c:772:21: error: ‘st.st_mode’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
+ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),y)
+GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CFLAGS += -Wno-error
+endif
+
 # Propagate options used for target software building to GCC target libs
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$(GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CFLAGS)"
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV += CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$(GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CXXFLAGS)"