diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 887fed721..33f156261 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 27 June 2023: George
 	- Merge #892: Add cachedb hit stat. Introduces 'num.query.cachedb' as
 	  a new statistical counter.
+	- Remove warning about unknown cast-function-type warning pragma.
 
 22 June 2023: Wouter
 	- Merge #903: contrib: add yocto compatible init script.
diff --git a/libunbound/python/libunbound.i b/libunbound/python/libunbound.i
index c9549bf90..0cdb3d7e5 100644
--- a/libunbound/python/libunbound.i
+++ b/libunbound/python/libunbound.i
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 %begin %{
 /* store state of warning output, restored at later pop */
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+/* ignore warnings for pragma below, where for older GCC it can produce a
+   warning if the cast-function-type warning is absent. */
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas"
 /* ignore gcc8 METH_NOARGS function cast warnings for swig function pointers */
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcast-function-type"
 %}