diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index 7647e44726..86abd5ea49 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "qemu-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)\.tar"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "278eeb294e4b497e79af7a57e660cb9a"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "d3481d4108ce211a053ef15be69af1bdd9dde1510fda80d92be0f6c3e98768f0"
 
+# Applies against virglrender < 0.6.0 and not qemu itself
+CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2017-5957"
+
 COMPATIBLE_HOST_mipsarchn32 = "null"
 COMPATIBLE_HOST_mipsarchn64 = "null"