diff --git a/scripts/qt/extract_strings_qt.py b/scripts/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
index 6627de4abf4..b0478699eee 100755
--- a/scripts/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
+++ b/scripts/qt/extract_strings_qt.py
@@ -53,9 +53,15 @@ child = Popen(['xgettext','--output=-','-n','--keyword=_'] + files, stdout=PIPE)
 messages = parse_po(out) 
 
 f = open(OUT_CPP, 'w')
-f.write('#include <QtGlobal>\n')
-f.write('// Automatically generated by extract_strings.py\n')
-f.write('static const char *bitcoin_strings[] = {')
+f.write("""#include <QtGlobal>
+// Automatically generated by extract_strings.py
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#define UNUSED __attribute__((unused))
+#else
+#define UNUSED
+#endif
+""")
+f.write('static const char UNUSED *bitcoin_strings[] = {')
 for (msgid, msgstr) in messages:
     if msgid != EMPTY:
         f.write('QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", %s),\n' % ('\n'.join(msgid)))
diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp
index 1b0a6767d78..2d77441b460 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoinstrings.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #include <QtGlobal>
 // Automatically generated by extract_strings.py
-static const char *bitcoin_strings[] = {QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Bitcoin version"),
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#define UNUSED __attribute__((unused))
+#else
+#define UNUSED
+#endif
+static const char UNUSED *bitcoin_strings[] = {QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Bitcoin version"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Usage:"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "Send command to -server or bitcoind\n"),
 QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("bitcoin-core", "List commands\n"),