diff --git a/libblockdev.changes b/libblockdev.changes
index 8dc1b20..cc0f111 100644
--- a/libblockdev.changes
+++ b/libblockdev.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 26 08:34:04 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Add -Wno-deprecated-declarations to cflags: dealing with
+  deprecations is upstreams business and should not hinder
+  downstream packages from building.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 20 08:14:59 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
@@ -18,7 +25,7 @@ Wed Jan 20 08:14:59 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
   * lvm: Use the UNUSED macro instead of __attribute__((unused))
   * Fix max size limit for LVM thinpool metadata
   * loop: Retry LOOP_SET_STATUS64 on EAGAIN
-  
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 20 22:11:53 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libblockdev.spec b/libblockdev.spec
index 2482650..dc8c663 100644
--- a/libblockdev.spec
+++ b/libblockdev.spec
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ with the libbd_vdo plugin/library.
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
 %configure \
         --disable-static \
         --enable-introspection \