diff --git a/mpy-cross/Makefile b/mpy-cross/Makefile
index 971f2f81a..0c25a11e0 100644
--- a/mpy-cross/Makefile
+++ b/mpy-cross/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ INC += -I$(BUILD)
 INC += -I$(TOP)
 
 # compiler settings
-CWARN = -Wall -Werror
+CWARN = -Wall -Werror -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -Wno-error=array-bounds
+CWARN += -Wno-error=unknown-warning-option
 CWARN += -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wpointer-arith
 CFLAGS = $(INC) $(CWARN) -std=gnu99 $(CFLAGS_MOD) $(COPT) $(CFLAGS_EXTRA)
 CFLAGS += -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
diff --git a/ports/unix/Makefile b/ports/unix/Makefile
index 6a936a242..43e6bf02a 100644
--- a/ports/unix/Makefile
+++ b/ports/unix/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ INC +=  -I$(TOP)
 INC += -I$(BUILD)
 
 # compiler settings
-CWARN = -Wall -Werror
+CWARN = -Wall -Werror -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -Wno-error=array-bounds
+CWARN += -Wno-error=unknown-warning-option -Wno-error=deprecated-non-prototype -Wno-error=bitwise-instead-of-logical
 CWARN += -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wpointer-arith -Wdouble-promotion -Wfloat-conversion
 CFLAGS += $(INC) $(CWARN) -std=gnu99 -DUNIX $(CFLAGS_MOD) $(COPT) -I$(VARIANT_DIR) $(CFLAGS_EXTRA)