diff --git a/cmake/Modules/UseWarnings.cmake b/cmake/Modules/UseWarnings.cmake
index 8e42423d..c4cab18d 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/UseWarnings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/UseWarnings.cmake
@@ -12,3 +12,20 @@ if (CXX_COMPAT_GCC)
 	add_options (ALL_LANGUAGES ALL_BUILDS "${_warn_flag}")
   endif (_warn_flag)
 endif ()
+
+option(SILENCE_DUNE_WARNINGS "Disable warnings from DUNE?" OFF)
+if(SILENCE_EXTERNAL_WARNINGS AND CXX_COMPAT_GCC)
+  file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/disable_warning_pragmas.h "
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wdeprecated-declarations\"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wdeprecated-register\"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wignored-qualifiers\"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wmismatched-tags\"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wshadow\"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wsign-compare\"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wunused-parameter\"")
+  file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/reenable_warning_pragmas.h "#pragma GCC diagnostic pop")
+else()
+    file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/disable_warning_pragmas.h "")
+    file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/reenable_warning_pragmas.h "")
+endif()
diff --git a/opm/core/linalg/LinearSolverIstl.cpp b/opm/core/linalg/LinearSolverIstl.cpp
index 66229fd9..f7ffd732 100644
--- a/opm/core/linalg/LinearSolverIstl.cpp
+++ b/opm/core/linalg/LinearSolverIstl.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 // the deprecated member anyway (in this compilation unit)
 #define DUNE_COMMON_FIELDVECTOR_SIZE_IS_METHOD 1
 
+#include "disable_warning_pragmas.h"
+
 // TODO: clean up includes.
 #include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
 #include <dune/common/version.hh>
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@
 #include <dune/istl/paamg/fastamg.hh>
 #endif
 
+#include "reenable_warning_pragmas.h"
+
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <type_traits>