diff --git a/src/common/datstrm.cpp b/src/common/datstrm.cpp
index 0eeeca6891..b661775598 100644
--- a/src/common/datstrm.cpp
+++ b/src/common/datstrm.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ void wxDataOutputStream::WriteDouble(double d)
 #if wxUSE_APPLE_IEEE
   ConvertToIeeeExtended(d, (unsigned char *)buf);
 #else
-#ifndef __VMS__
+#if !defined(__VMS__) && !defined(__GNUG__)
 # pragma warning "wxDataOutputStream::WriteDouble() not using IeeeExtended - will not work!"
 #endif
    buf[0] = '\0';