diff --git a/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.c b/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.c
index cae10203c67..f5d2d7967ac 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.c
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ int mhd_respondf(struct MHD_Connection *connection,
         errno = -error;
         fmt = strjoina(format, "\n");
         va_start(ap, format);
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wformat-nonliteral"
         r = vasprintf(&m, fmt, ap);
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
         va_end(ap);
 
         if (r < 0)