diff --git a/doc/BuildIssues.md b/doc/BuildIssues.md
index 86865e52a4101ffb7570d0e2479c3993702f67d8..9407f831d911b7868bb737607520f73005602687 100644
--- a/doc/BuildIssues.md
+++ b/doc/BuildIssues.md
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ We thus currently do not build with ParaView-5.7. If building plugins or with
 Catalyst, please use the latest ParaView-5.6 version instead for now.
 Or simply use ParaView with the regular, builtin VTK readers.
 
+
+### Gcc-9
+
+In the newest version, gcc will emit warnings that some compiler-generated
+copy constructors and assignment operators are deprecated.
+It is possible to suppress these with the `-Wno-deprecated-copy` flag
+until such time that these occurances are changd in the OpenFOAM source code.
+However, be aware that doing so may prevent CMake-based tool chains
+from working properly.
+
+
 ### Windows cross-compilation
 
 The reacting Euler multiphase solvers currently do not build for
diff --git a/wmake/rules/General/Gcc/c++ b/wmake/rules/General/Gcc/c++
index a3e85f8f338f37ad9fdb8f555c8b7be7b517fd2c..15b7870a3e86b15ba314c8c45ce93d4a4e74d369 100644
--- a/wmake/rules/General/Gcc/c++
+++ b/wmake/rules/General/Gcc/c++
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ptFLAGS     = -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-100
 c++WARN     = \
     -Wall -Wextra -Wold-style-cast \
     -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-invalid-offsetof \
-    -Wno-attributes -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-deprecated-copy
+    -Wno-attributes -Wno-unknown-pragmas
 
 c++LESSWARN = \
     -Wno-old-style-cast -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -Wno-array-bounds \