diff --git a/src/frontend/mame/luaengine.h b/src/frontend/mame/luaengine.h
index dfc860f21e5..e3f8d5ee93d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/mame/luaengine.h
+++ b/src/frontend/mame/luaengine.h
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #ifndef __LUA_ENGINE_H__
 #define __LUA_ENGINE_H__
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 6)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wnoexcept-type"
+#endif
+
 #include <map>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #define SOL_SAFE_USERTYPE