diff --git a/mbus/mbus-protocol.c b/mbus/mbus-protocol.c
index 9312364..3e9b99d 100755
--- a/mbus/mbus-protocol.c
+++ b/mbus/mbus-protocol.c
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+// ignore these warnings, it is third party code
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpointer-sign"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wmaybe-uninitialized"
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Copyright (C) 2010-2011, Robert Johansson, Raditex AB
 // All rights reserved.
@@ -5249,3 +5254,5 @@ mbus_is_secondary_address(const char * value)
 
     return 1;
 }
+
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
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