diff --git a/src/alloc-override.c b/src/alloc-override.c
index af9035dd..6c42ae00 100644
--- a/src/alloc-override.c
+++ b/src/alloc-override.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ terms of the MIT license. A copy of the license can be found in the file
 #if (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)) && !defined(__APPLE__)
   // use aliasing to alias the exported function to one of our `mi_` functions
   #if (defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 9)
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wattributes"  // or we get warnings that nodiscard is ignored on a forward
     #define MI_FORWARD(fun)      __attribute__((alias(#fun), used, visibility("default"), copy(fun)));
   #else
     #define MI_FORWARD(fun)      __attribute__((alias(#fun), used, visibility("default")));