diff --git a/platypus.mk b/platypus.mk
index f99c8276..bd9cbfcd 100644
--- a/platypus.mk
+++ b/platypus.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ NEW_MFEM_INCFLAGS = $(shell echo "$(MFEM_INCFLAGS)" | sed -E 's/COMPILE_LANGUAGE
 MFEM_INCLUDES 		:= -I$(MFEM_INC_DIR)/config -I$(MFEM_DIR)/ -I$(MFEM_DIR)/../miniapps/common $(NEW_MFEM_INCFLAGS)
 MFEM_LIBS 			:= -L$(MFEM_DIR) -lmfem -lrt -L$(MFEM_DIR)/miniapps/common -lmfem-common $(MFEM_LIB)
 
-ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES += $(MFEM_INCLUDES)
+ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES += -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-variable $(MFEM_INCLUDES)
 ADDITIONAL_LIBS 	+= -Wl, $(MFEM_LIBS) ${MFEM_EXT_LIBS}
 
 $(info ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES = $(ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES));