diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/gstreamer/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/gstreamer/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cfb5622e..53c6f271c 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/gstreamer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/gstreamer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
     ${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
-SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES 
+SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES
     ${GSTREAMER_LIBRARIES}
     ${GSTREAMER_APP_LIBRARIES}
     ${GSTREAMER_PBUTILS_LIBRARIES}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES
     ${GLIB_GOBJECT_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
-SET(TARGET_SRC 
+SET(TARGET_SRC
     GStreamerImageStream.cpp
     ReaderWriterGStreamer.cpp
 )
@@ -20,5 +20,14 @@ SET(TARGET_H
     GStreamerImageStream.hpp
 )
 
+
+IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+
+  REMOVE_CXX_FLAG(-pedantic)
+
+  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-variadic-macros")
+
+ENDIF()
+
 #### end var setup  ###
 SETUP_PLUGIN(gstreamer)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/gstreamer/GStreamerImageStream.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/gstreamer/GStreamerImageStream.cpp
index 14e5a852a..ebb054baf 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/gstreamer/GStreamerImageStream.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/gstreamer/GStreamerImageStream.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ bool GStreamerImageStream::open(const std::string& filename)
 
     // build pipeline
 
-    gchar *audio_pipe = "";
+    const gchar *audio_pipe = "";
 
     if( has_audio_stream )
         audio_pipe = "deco. ! queue ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink";