diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index d34ec51e04..f6a15a01c6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ replaces="qt5-doc<5.6.0 qt5-quick1<5.6.0 qt5-quick1-devel<5.6.0 qt5-webkit<5.6.0
 CFLAGS="-DOPENSSL_NO_SSL3_METHOD"
 CXXFLAGS="-DOPENSSL_NO_SSL3_METHOD"
 
+_gccver=$(gcc --version | awk '/^gcc \(GCC\)/ { print $3 }')
+if [ "${_gccver%%.*}" -gt 5 ]; then
+	CXXFLAGS+=" -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks"
+fi
+
 if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# Need some devel packages in the host to build qmake, moc, uic, rcc
 	# wayland-devel contains /usr/bin/wayland-scanner