diff --git a/sdk/cmake/gcc.cmake b/sdk/cmake/gcc.cmake
index dd8753ba060..860594ef38d 100644
--- a/sdk/cmake/gcc.cmake
+++ b/sdk/cmake/gcc.cmake
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ endif()
 # FIXME: Revisit this to see if we even need these levels
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
     add_compile_options(-O2 -DNDEBUG=)
+    add_compile_options(-Wno-unused-variable)
+    add_compile_options(-Wno-unused-but-set-variable)
 else()
     if(OPTIMIZE STREQUAL "1")
         add_compile_options(-Os)