diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d26690ce20..bdd67a2d6d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -538,7 +538,15 @@ if get_option('tsan')
                          prefix: '#include <sanitizer/tsan_interface.h>')
     error('Cannot enable TSAN due to missing fiber annotation interface')
   endif
-  qemu_cflags = ['-fsanitize=thread'] + qemu_cflags
+  tsan_warn_suppress = []
+  # gcc (>=11) will report constructions not supported by tsan:
+  # "error: ‘atomic_thread_fence’ is not supported with ‘-fsanitize=thread’"
+  # https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-11/changes.html
+  # However, clang does not support this warning and this triggers an error.
+  if cc.has_argument('-Wno-tsan')
+    tsan_warn_suppress = ['-Wno-tsan']
+  endif
+  qemu_cflags = ['-fsanitize=thread'] + tsan_warn_suppress + qemu_cflags
   qemu_ldflags = ['-fsanitize=thread'] + qemu_ldflags
 endif