diff --git a/tests/events/evthandler.cpp b/tests/events/evthandler.cpp
index ac8b59bd0c..b25f4f65aa 100644
--- a/tests/events/evthandler.cpp
+++ b/tests/events/evthandler.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ private:
     wxDECLARE_EVENT_TABLE();
 };
 
+// Avoid gcc warning about some of the functions defined by the expansion of
+// the event table macros being unused: they are indeed unused, but we still
+// want to have them to check that they compile.
+wxGCC_WARNING_SUPPRESS(unused-function)
+
 wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyClassWithEventTable, wxEvtHandler)
     EVT_IDLE(MyClassWithEventTable::OnIdle)
 
@@ -138,6 +143,8 @@ wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyClassWithEventTable, wxEvtHandler)
     //EVT_IDLE(MyClassWithEventTable::OnAnotherEvent)
 wxEND_EVENT_TABLE()
 
+wxGCC_WARNING_RESTORE(unused-function)
+
 } // anonymous namespace