diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 49674aa11..25e21cfec 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+20 June 2017: Wouter
+	- Fix warning in pythonmod under clang compiler.
+
 16 June 2017: Ralph
 	- Fix #1277: disable domain ratelimit by setting value to 0.
 
diff --git a/pythonmod/pythonmod.c b/pythonmod/pythonmod.c
index dde7e54b2..35a20434b 100644
--- a/pythonmod/pythonmod.c
+++ b/pythonmod/pythonmod.c
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@
 /* ignore the varargs unused warning from SWIGs internal vararg support */
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-parameter"
+#ifndef __clang__
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-but-set-variable"
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "sldns/sbuffer.h"