diff --git a/webrtc/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn b/webrtc/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn
index ef6c262011..3f06c4d73e 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn
+++ b/webrtc/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ rtc_static_library("video_coding_utility") {
 
 # TODO(ehmaldonado): Remove once http://bugs.webrtc.org/8090 is fixed.
 config("webrtc_h264_config") {
-  cflags = [ "-Wno-thread-safety-attributes" ]
+  if (is_clang) {
+    cflags = [ "-Wno-thread-safety-attributes" ]
+  }
 }
 
 rtc_static_library("webrtc_h264") {