diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9573190f1d..e0fa1baa4b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1310,6 +1310,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(GENERATE_COMPILATION_DATABASE),yes)
 compdb_check = $(shell $(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) \
+	-Wno-pedantic \
 	-c -MJ /dev/null \
 	-x c /dev/null -o /dev/null 2>&1; \
 	echo $$?)