diff --git a/lib/thread/posix/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/thread/posix/CMakeLists.txt
index c5e77ff3..41fa7d0d 100644
--- a/lib/thread/posix/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/thread/posix/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# TODO: Issue #138 - GCC 6.2 fails to compile thread.cpp module
+add_compile_options(-Wno-error=strict-aliasing)
+
 add_library(thread_os mutex.cpp semaphore.cpp thread.cpp)
 target_include_directories(thread_os PUBLIC export)
 target_link_libraries(thread_os PUBLIC utils types dbg pthread)