diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a13188f1..b3a24236c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set( CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON )
 include_directories( program/src/ )
 
 # gcc compiler/linker flags
-add_compile_options( -ggdb -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-conversion -Werror -m64 )
+add_compile_options( -ggdb -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-conversion -Werror -Wno-deprecated-declarations -m64 )
 set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -std=c++11 )
 set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS -std=c99 )
 set( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -pthread")