diff --git a/rpcrig/rpcrig.x b/rpcrig/rpcrig.x
index c659811ca..448829517 100644
--- a/rpcrig/rpcrig.x
+++ b/rpcrig/rpcrig.x
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 % *
 % */
 
+% #if (__GNUC__ == 4 && 3 <= __GNUC_MINOR__) || 4 < __GNUC__
+% /* rpcgen produces code containing unused variables.  hush that... */
+% # pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-variable"
+% #endif
+
 /* This gets stuffed into the source files. */
 #if RPC_HDR
 %#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
diff --git a/rpcrot/rpcrot.x b/rpcrot/rpcrot.x
index ef11d019b..a2727cf55 100644
--- a/rpcrot/rpcrot.x
+++ b/rpcrot/rpcrot.x
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 % *
 % */
 
+% #if (__GNUC__ == 4 && 3 <= __GNUC_MINOR__) || 4 < __GNUC__
+% /* rpcgen produces code containing unused variables.  hush that... */
+% # pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-variable"
+% #endif
+
 /* This gets stuffed into the source files. */
 #if RPC_HDR
 %#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H