diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9770092..976d559 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DATE=on $(shell git log --pretty=format:"%cd" --date=iso | cut -f 1,2 -d " " | h
 CXXFLAGS+=-DDATE=\""$(DATE)"\"
 
 # Enable warnings
-CXXFLAGS+=-W -Wall -Wno-long-long -pedantic -Wno-variadic-macros
+CXXFLAGS+=-W -Wall -Wno-long-long -pedantic -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-unused-result
 
 # DEBUG build
 #CXXFLAGS+=-g -O0 -DSEQAN_ENABLE_TESTING=0 -DSEQAN_ENABLE_DEBUG=1