diff --git a/lib/frrlua.h b/lib/frrlua.h
index 8e52931e50..6fb30938b0 100644
--- a/lib/frrlua.h
+++ b/lib/frrlua.h
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * gcc-10 is complaining about the wrapper function
+ * not being compatible with lua_pushstring returning
+ * a char *.  Let's wrapper it here to make our life
+ * easier
+ */
+static inline void lua_pushstring_wrapper(lua_State *L, const char *str)
+{
+	(void)lua_pushstring(L, str);
+}
+
 /*
  * Converts a prefix to a Lua value and pushes it on the stack.
  */
diff --git a/lib/frrscript.c b/lib/frrscript.c
index a43f389f99..10d400886d 100644
--- a/lib/frrscript.c
+++ b/lib/frrscript.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct frrscript_codec frrscript_codecs_lib[] = {
 	 .encoder = (encoder_func)lua_pushintegerp,
 	 .decoder = lua_tointegerp},
 	{.typename = "string",
-	 .encoder = (encoder_func)lua_pushstring,
+	 .encoder = (encoder_func)lua_pushstring_wrapper,
 	 .decoder = lua_tostringp},
 	{.typename = "prefix",
 	 .encoder = (encoder_func)lua_pushprefix,