diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.6.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.6.0.bb
index 64abe73cba..df57bfd884 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.6.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.6.0.bb
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "python3-numpy \
                  "
 
 export HDF5_VERSION="1.8.21"
+
+# h5py/_errors.c:2115:64: error: passing argument 3 of ?H5Ewalk2? from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
+# h5py/_errors.c:2365:66: error: passing argument 3 of ?H5Ewalk2? from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
+BUILD_CFLAGS += "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types"