--- include/orcus/types.hpp
+++ include/orcus/types.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
 
 #ifndef INCLUDED_ORCUS_TYPES_HPP
 #define INCLUDED_ORCUS_TYPES_HPP
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas" // for old GCC
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunknown-warning-option" // for Clang
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-copy"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wshadow"
+#endif
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <vector>
@@ -145,6 +152,10 @@
 typedef ::std::vector<xml_token_attr_t> xml_attrs_t;
 
 }
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
 #endif
 /* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */