diff --git a/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk b/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
index 225553f4d88..e2b473bdff7 100644
--- a/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
+++ b/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
@@ -504,7 +504,9 @@ else
        unused-result array-bounds parentheses
    # noexcept-type required for GCC 7 builds. Not required for GCC 8+.
    # expansion-to-defined required for GCC 9 builds. Not required for GCC 10+.
-   HARFBUZZ_DISABLED_WARNINGS_CXX_gcc := class-memaccess noexcept-type expansion-to-defined dangling-reference
+   # maybe-uninitialized required for GCC 8 builds. Not required for GCC 9+.
+   HARFBUZZ_DISABLED_WARNINGS_CXX_gcc := class-memaccess noexcept-type \
+       expansion-to-defined dangling-reference maybe-uninitialized
    HARFBUZZ_DISABLED_WARNINGS_clang := missing-field-initializers range-loop-analysis
    HARFBUZZ_DISABLED_WARNINGS_microsoft := 4267 4244