diff --git a/modules/validations/incompatible_source.js b/modules/validations/incompatible_source.js
index b00e0ab66..8582e7fa8 100644
--- a/modules/validations/incompatible_source.js
+++ b/modules/validations/incompatible_source.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function validationIncompatibleSource() {
     {
       id: 'google',
       regex: /google/i,
-      exceptRegex: /((books|drive)\.google|google\s?(books|drive|plus))/i
+      exceptRegex: /((books|drive)\.google|google\s?(books|drive|plus))|(esri\/Google_Africa_Buildings)/i
     }
   ];
 
diff --git a/test/spec/validations/incompatible_source.js b/test/spec/validations/incompatible_source.js
index bb7c72952..b812e5e57 100644
--- a/test/spec/validations/incompatible_source.js
+++ b/test/spec/validations/incompatible_source.js
@@ -63,4 +63,9 @@ describe('iD.validations.incompatible_source', function () {
         expect(issue.entityIds[0]).to.eql('w-1');
     });
 
+    it('does not flag buildings in the google-africa-buildings dataset', function() {
+        createWay({ building: 'yes', source: 'esri/Google_Africa_Buildings' });
+        var issues = validate();
+        expect(issues).to.have.lengthOf(0);
+    });
 });