diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0007-Disable-warnings-that-crop-up-a-lot-with-GCC6.patch b/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0007-Disable-warnings-that-crop-up-a-lot-with-GCC6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8def56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0007-Disable-warnings-that-crop-up-a-lot-with-GCC6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From 6f008e0bfdfbc9256f18ea0939dfc11d23348675 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 16:15:25 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] Disable warnings that crop up a lot with GCC6
+
+NOTE: THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA
+
+Instead, Hostboot developers should go and fix their code.
+
+Change-Id: I3e1da9f61ff442e49f143f51ccfc3c7c018beb1f
+Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+---
+ src/build/mkrules/cflags.env.mk | 8 +++++---
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/build/mkrules/cflags.env.mk b/src/build/mkrules/cflags.env.mk
+index 6bb900288388..428de9326400 100644
+--- a/src/build/mkrules/cflags.env.mk
++++ b/src/build/mkrules/cflags.env.mk
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
+ #
+ # OpenPOWER HostBoot Project
+ #
+-# Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2013,2016
++# Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2013,2017
+ # [+] Google Inc.
+ # [+] International Business Machines Corp.
+ #
+@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ endif
+ 
+ COMMONFLAGS += $(OPT_LEVEL) -nostdlib
+ CFLAGS += $(COMMONFLAGS) -mcpu=power7 -nostdinc -g -mno-vsx -mno-altivec\
+-          -Wall -Werror -mtraceback=no -pipe -mabi=elfv1 \
++          -Wall -mtraceback=no -pipe -mabi=elfv1 \
++          -Wno-error=sizeof-array-argument \
++          -Wno-error=unused-function \
+ 	  -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -ffreestanding -mbig-endian
+ ASMFLAGS += $(COMMONFLAGS) -mcpu=power7 -mbig-endian -ffreestanding -mabi=elfv1
+ CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -nostdinc++ -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall \
+-	    -fuse-cxa-atexit -std=gnu++14
++	    -fuse-cxa-atexit -std=gnu++14 -fpermissive
+ LDFLAGS += --nostdlib --sort-common -EB $(COMMONFLAGS)
+ 
+ INCFLAGS = $(addprefix -I, $(INCDIR) )
+-- 
+2.9.4
+