diff --git a/include/wx/strvararg.h b/include/wx/strvararg.h
index 3a363a3dee..0abf59b1b3 100644
--- a/include/wx/strvararg.h
+++ b/include/wx/strvararg.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxCStrData;
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxString;
 
+// There are a lot of structs with intentionally private ctors in this file,
+// suppress gcc warnings about this.
+wxGCC_WARNING_SUPPRESS(ctor-dtor-privacy)
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // WX_DEFINE_VARARG_FUNC* macros
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1248,4 +1252,6 @@ private:
     inline void name(_WX_VARARG_FIXED_UNUSED_EXPAND(numfixed, fixed))         \
     {}
 
+wxGCC_WARNING_RESTORE(ctor-dtor-privacy)
+
 #endif // _WX_STRVARARG_H_