diff --git a/dpdk-thunderx.changes b/dpdk-thunderx.changes
index 64c9d44..eca95f7 100644
--- a/dpdk-thunderx.changes
+++ b/dpdk-thunderx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  8 11:50:03 CET 2019 - ndas@suse.de
+
+- remove -Wno-error=array-bounds as its no longer needed
+- Add -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE to fix gcc8 error:
+  "error: inlining failed in call to always_inline 'memcpy': target specific option mismatch"
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 22 10:57:13 CET 2019 - ndas@suse.de
 
diff --git a/dpdk-thunderx.spec b/dpdk-thunderx.spec
index 6a873d0..5a29014 100644
--- a/dpdk-thunderx.spec
+++ b/dpdk-thunderx.spec
@@ -217,9 +217,7 @@ function setdefaultconf()
 # In case dpdk-devel is installed, we should ignore its hints about the SDK directories
 unset RTE_SDK RTE_INCLUDE RTE_TARGET
 
-# For the release, '-Wno-error=array-bounds' is done to prevent a spurious error
-# generated by gcc 5.X against the 2.1 branch
-export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -Wno-error=array-bounds"
+export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE"
 
 # DPDK defaults to using builder-specific compiler flags.  However,
 # the config has been changed by specifying CONFIG_RTE_MACHINE=default
diff --git a/dpdk.changes b/dpdk.changes
index 64c9d44..eca95f7 100644
--- a/dpdk.changes
+++ b/dpdk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  8 11:50:03 CET 2019 - ndas@suse.de
+
+- remove -Wno-error=array-bounds as its no longer needed
+- Add -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE to fix gcc8 error:
+  "error: inlining failed in call to always_inline 'memcpy': target specific option mismatch"
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 22 10:57:13 CET 2019 - ndas@suse.de
 
diff --git a/dpdk.spec b/dpdk.spec
index f92f151..ce69580 100644
--- a/dpdk.spec
+++ b/dpdk.spec
@@ -215,9 +215,7 @@ function setdefaultconf()
 # In case dpdk-devel is installed, we should ignore its hints about the SDK directories
 unset RTE_SDK RTE_INCLUDE RTE_TARGET
 
-# For the release, '-Wno-error=array-bounds' is done to prevent a spurious error
-# generated by gcc 5.X against the 2.1 branch
-export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -Wno-error=array-bounds"
+export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE"
 
 # DPDK defaults to using builder-specific compiler flags.  However,
 # the config has been changed by specifying CONFIG_RTE_MACHINE=default