diff --git a/src/osd/windows/windows.mak b/src/osd/windows/windows.mak
index 4c9455a8f9f..2edbda6b321 100644
--- a/src/osd/windows/windows.mak
+++ b/src/osd/windows/windows.mak
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(findstring 4.7.,$(TEST_GCC)),4.7.)
 	CCOMFLAGS += -Wno-narrowing -Wno-attributes
 endif
+ifeq ($(findstring 4.8.,$(TEST_GCC)),4.8.)
+	CCOMFLAGS += -Wno-narrowing -Wno-attributes -Wno-unused-local-typedefs
+endif
 # add the windows libraries
 LIBS += -luser32 -lgdi32 -ldsound -ldxguid -lwinmm -ladvapi32 -lcomctl32 -lshlwapi -lwsock32