diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d45fc2edf1862632a509206e53488f8884c01196..2d1e491f7737650b6c8d058e103f53c60eb4a0b9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -802,6 +802,8 @@ else
 # Disabled for clang while comment to attribute conversion happens and
 # https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/636 is discussed.
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wimplicit-fallthrough=5,)
+# gcc inanely warns about local variables called 'main'
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-main
 endif
 
 # These warnings generated too much noise in a regular build.