diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 117dcb500deaf2..609ee77e595a0e 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1056,6 +1056,20 @@ register_local_rc_exe_toolchains()
 
 register_toolchains("//src/main/res:empty_rc_toolchain")
 
+# Patch upb for grpc due to https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/12056
+# TODO: Remove the following after upgrading grpc to a newer version that's not affected by this issue.
+http_archive(
+    name = "upb",
+    sha256 = "61d0417abd60e65ed589c9deee7c124fe76a4106831f6ad39464e1525cef1454",
+    patches = ["//third_party/grpc:upb_gcc10_fix.patch"],
+    patch_args = ["-p1"],
+    strip_prefix = "upb-9effcbcb27f0a665f9f345030188c0b291e32482",
+    urls = [
+        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/protocolbuffers/upb/archive/9effcbcb27f0a665f9f345030188c0b291e32482.tar.gz",
+        "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/upb/archive/9effcbcb27f0a665f9f345030188c0b291e32482.tar.gz",
+    ],
+)
+
 http_archive(
     name = "com_github_grpc_grpc",
     urls = [
diff --git a/third_party/grpc/BUILD b/third_party/grpc/BUILD
index 71fc09eec21b44..88071553565ccd 100644
--- a/third_party/grpc/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/grpc/BUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ load("//tools/distributions:distribution_rules.bzl", "distrib_java_import", "dis
 
 licenses(["notice"])  # Apache v2
 
-exports_files(["grpc_1.26.0.patch"])
+exports_files(["grpc_1.26.0.patch", "upb_gcc10_fix.patch"])
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
diff --git a/third_party/grpc/upb_gcc10_fix.patch b/third_party/grpc/upb_gcc10_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5f82d4ea43bb0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/grpc/upb_gcc10_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+commit 9bd23dab4240b015321a53c45b3c9e4847fbf020
+Author: Joshua Haberman <jhaberman@gmail.com>
+Date:   Tue Apr 7 15:22:11 2020 -0700
+
+    Changed upb status to suit GCC10's warning about strncpy(). (#268)
+    
+    Added tests for all cases. Also removed ellipses from truncated
+    messages, they were more trouble than they are worth.
+
+diff --git a/upb/upb.c b/upb/upb.c
+index cb2cdfd..258192d 100644
+--- a/upb/upb.c
++++ b/upb/upb.c
+@@ -11,17 +11,6 @@
+ 
+ #include "upb/port_def.inc"
+ 
+-/* Guarantee null-termination and provide ellipsis truncation.
+- * It may be tempting to "optimize" this by initializing these final
+- * four bytes up-front and then being careful never to overwrite them,
+- * this is safer and simpler. */
+-static void nullz(upb_status *status) {
+-  const char *ellipsis = "...";
+-  size_t len = strlen(ellipsis);
+-  UPB_ASSERT(sizeof(status->msg) > len);
+-  memcpy(status->msg + sizeof(status->msg) - len, ellipsis, len);
+-}
+-
+ /* upb_status *****************************************************************/
+ 
+ void upb_status_clear(upb_status *status) {
+@@ -37,8 +26,8 @@ const char *upb_status_errmsg(const upb_status *status) { return status->msg; }
+ void upb_status_seterrmsg(upb_status *status, const char *msg) {
+   if (!status) return;
+   status->ok = false;
+-  strncpy(status->msg, msg, sizeof(status->msg));
+-  nullz(status);
++  strncpy(status->msg, msg, UPB_STATUS_MAX_MESSAGE - 1);
++  status->msg[UPB_STATUS_MAX_MESSAGE - 1] = '\0';
+ }
+ 
+ void upb_status_seterrf(upb_status *status, const char *fmt, ...) {
+@@ -52,7 +41,7 @@ void upb_status_vseterrf(upb_status *status, const char *fmt, va_list args) {
+   if (!status) return;
+   status->ok = false;
+   _upb_vsnprintf(status->msg, sizeof(status->msg), fmt, args);
+-  nullz(status);
++  status->msg[UPB_STATUS_MAX_MESSAGE - 1] = '\0';
+ }
+ 
+ /* upb_alloc ******************************************************************/