diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2018-05-10-21-10-01.bpo-33012.5Zfjac.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2018-05-10-21-10-01.bpo-33012.5Zfjac.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecaa5c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2018-05-10-21-10-01.bpo-33012.5Zfjac.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add ``-Wno-cast-function-type`` for gcc 8 for silencing warnings about
+function casts like casting to PyCFunction in method definition lists.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b1cd944..b398ef8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7052,6 +7052,47 @@
       CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -Wno-missing-field-initializers"
     fi
 
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if we can turn off $CC invalid function cast warning" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking if we can turn off $CC invalid function cast warning... " >&6; }
+     ac_save_cc="$CC"
+     CC="$CC -Wcast-function-type -Werror"
+     if ${ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+
+           ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type=yes
+
+else
+
+           ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type=no
+
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+     CC="$ac_save_cc"
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type" >&6; }
+
+    if test $ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type = yes
+    then
+      CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -Wno-cast-function-type"
+    fi
+
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if we can turn on $CC mixed sign comparison warning" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking if we can turn on $CC mixed sign comparison warning... " >&6; }
      ac_save_cc="$CC"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5948904..11fc7e5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1660,6 +1660,26 @@
       CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -Wno-missing-field-initializers"
     fi
 
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING(if we can turn off $CC invalid function cast warning)
+     ac_save_cc="$CC"
+     CC="$CC -Wcast-function-type -Werror"
+     AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type,
+       AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+         [
+           AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])
+         ],[
+           ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type=yes
+         ],[
+           ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type=no
+         ]))
+     CC="$ac_save_cc"
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type)
+
+    if test $ac_cv_disable_cast_function_type = yes
+    then
+      CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -Wno-cast-function-type"
+    fi
+
     AC_MSG_CHECKING(if we can turn on $CC mixed sign comparison warning)
      ac_save_cc="$CC"
      CC="$CC -Wsign-compare"