diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 94755da64..54ee6481f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ else # !COMSPEC
 endif # COMSPEC
 
 ifndef CXXFLAGS
-    CXXFLAGS=-pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wabi -Wcast-qual -Wconversion -Wfloat-equal -Winline -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wno-long-long -Woverloaded-virtual -Wpacked -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow -Wsign-promo $(CPPCHK_GLIBCXX_DEBUG) -g
+    CXXFLAGS=-pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wabi -Wcast-qual -Wconversion -Wfloat-equal -Winline -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wno-long-long -Woverloaded-virtual -Wpacked -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow -Wsign-promo -Wno-sign-compare $(CPPCHK_GLIBCXX_DEBUG) -g
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(HAVE_RULES),yes)
diff --git a/tools/dmake.cpp b/tools/dmake.cpp
index 3e63cc9fa..9b7ba62ec 100644
--- a/tools/dmake.cpp
+++ b/tools/dmake.cpp
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 //                                "-Wsign-conversion "
                                 "-Wsign-promo "
 //                                "-Wunreachable-code "
+                                "-Wno-sign-compare "  // danmar: I don't like this warning, it's very rarelly a bug
                                 "$(CPPCHK_GLIBCXX_DEBUG) "
                                 "-g");
     }