diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 2743e2aca..9def21f1c 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+30 May 2012: Wouter
+	- silence warning from swig-generated code (md set but not used in
+	  swig initmodule, due to ifdefs in swig generated code).
+
 27 May 2012: Wouter
 	- Fix debian-bugs-658021: Please enable hardened build flags.
 
diff --git a/pythonmod/pythonmod.c b/pythonmod/pythonmod.c
index 9860d001d..97f520a7c 100644
--- a/pythonmod/pythonmod.c
+++ b/pythonmod/pythonmod.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 /* ignore the varargs unused warning from SWIGs internal vararg support */
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-parameter"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-but-set-variable"
 #endif
 
 #include "config.h"