diff --git a/scripts/linux/install.sh b/scripts/linux/install.sh
index d95a2ad9ef..f5ec2f2314 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/install.sh
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ elif [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
 	# Clone discord-rpc for Discord's Rich Presence support
     # Use tagged release to prevent upstream changes from breaking our code
 	git clone https://github.com/discordapp/discord-rpc -b v3.2.0
+    # Use rapidjson with a hack for GCC 8, while awaiting a fix upstream:
+    # https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/issues/1205
+    git clone https://github.com/janisozaur/rapidjson discord-rpc/thirdparty/rapidjson -b patch-1
 	# prevent build.sh from re-doing all the steps again
 	case "$TARGET" in
 		"ubuntu_i686")