diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d9b878c..bfb5815a 100644
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,5 +23,11 @@ include_directories(
 add_library(gtest STATIC ../../tools/gtest-1.6.0/src/gtest-all.cc)
 add_library(gmock STATIC ../../tools/gmock-1.6.0/src/gmock-all.cc)
 
+if (UNIX)
+	# ignore warnings in gtest and gmock
+	set_target_properties(gtest PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-w")
+	set_target_properties(gmock PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-w")
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(integtests)
 add_subdirectory(unittests)
diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 5efb0e5d..34b53eea 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,3 +85,8 @@ if (UNIX)
 endif()
 
 add_library(cryptopp STATIC ${cryptopp_src})
+
+if (UNIX)
+	# ignore warnings in crypto++
+	set_target_properties(cryptopp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-w")
+endif()