diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a431737..4334134 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ LINK_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/stasis)
 IF ( "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" )
   SET(COMMON_LIBRARIES stasis m pthread stdc++)
   SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-g -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99 -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
-  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-g -Wall -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-long-long -pedantic -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-g -Wall -Wno-long-long -pedantic -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 ELSEIF ( "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "SunPro" )
   SET(COMMON_LIBRARIES stasis m pthread Crun Cstd)
   SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-g -xc99=all -DPBL_COMPAT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/stasis/common.h b/stasis/common.h
index 53e5ed1..a372742 100644
--- a/stasis/common.h
+++ b/stasis/common.h
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ typedef int16_t pagetype_t;
 /*#define PROFILE_LATCHES*/
 /*#define NO_LATCHES */
 
+
+// ICK: Only way to portably shut up GCC warnings about variadic macros
+#pragma GCC system_header
+
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
 /** @todo Files that use DEBUG have to pull in stdio.h, which is a pain! */
 #define DEBUG(...) \
diff --git a/stasis/page/compression/pluginDispatcher.h b/stasis/page/compression/pluginDispatcher.h
index dffae8c..bdccba3 100644
--- a/stasis/page/compression/pluginDispatcher.h
+++ b/stasis/page/compression/pluginDispatcher.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ namespace rose {
 
 class PluginDispatcher{
  public:
+// Silence GCC variadic macro warnings...
+#pragma GCC system_header
 
 #define dispatchSwitch(col,cases,...) \
     static const int base = USER_DEFINED_PAGE(0) + 3 * 2 * 4;\