diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 7df5ffefbd16e4240ccf353f3cb13d493d5ef124..9e7e40b6936f68b9bc4410a5583347e86bdecdf0 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ AM_CXXFLAGS = \
 	-Wno-c++11-compat \
 	-Wno-c++11-extensions \
 	-Wno-deprecated-declarations \
+	-Wno-empty-body \
 	-Wno-mismatched-tags \
 	-Wno-missing-declarations \
 	-Wno-overloaded-virtual \
diff --git a/src/tests/Makefile.am b/src/tests/Makefile.am
index 9f5b4f1943526466f4c46e6c112997a6448d7024..f203d6dd0371acaa0a49a310282659dba38b7e68 100644
--- a/src/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ AM_CXXFLAGS = \
 	-Wno-c++11-compat \
 	-Wno-c++11-extensions \
 	-Wno-deprecated-declarations \
+	-Wno-empty-body \
 	-Wno-mismatched-tags \
 	-Wno-missing-declarations \
 	-Wno-overloaded-virtual \