diff --git a/maintMakefile b/maintMakefile
index cab8dd6..c89db7e 100644
--- a/maintMakefile
+++ b/maintMakefile
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 	-Wtype-limits -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wlogical-op \
 	-Wignored-qualifiers -Wformat-signedness -Wduplicated-cond
 
+# Fuchsia-specific flags. getopt.c has some constructs that gcc-6.2.0
+# doesn't care for.
+AM_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses
+
 # Unfortunately the Guile headers are sometimes broken.  Convince GCC
 # to treat them as system headers so warnings are ignored.
 GUILE_CFLAGS := $(patsubst -I%,-isystem %,$(GUILE_CFLAGS))