diff --git a/stepmania/configure.ac b/stepmania/configure.ac
index 9eb0908a29..99cfb25d1a 100644
--- a/stepmania/configure.ac
+++ b/stepmania/configure.ac
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ test -z "$LDFLAGS"   && DEFAULT_LDFLAGS=yes
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
 
-test "$DEFAULT_CFLAGS" = "yes" && CFLAGS="-Wall -W"
-test "$DEFAULT_CXXFLAGS" = "yes" && CXXFLAGS="-Wall -W"
+test "$DEFAULT_CFLAGS" = "yes" && CFLAGS="-Wall -W -Wno-unused"
+test "$DEFAULT_CXXFLAGS" = "yes" && CXXFLAGS="-Wall -W -Wno-unused"
 test "$DEFAULT_LDFLAGS" = "yes" && LDFLAGS=""
 
 SM_OPENGL