diff --git a/changes/bug26272 b/changes/bug26272
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9dcf42f0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug26272
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
+    - Silence unused-const-variable warnings in zstd.h on some gcc versions.
+      Fixes bug 26272; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
diff --git a/src/common/compress_zstd.c b/src/common/compress_zstd.c
index 63e92ed22d..11edfffa0e 100644
--- a/src/common/compress_zstd.c
+++ b/src/common/compress_zstd.c
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include "compress_zstd.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ZSTD
+DISABLE_GCC_WARNING(unused-const-variable)
 #include <zstd.h>
+ENABLE_GCC_WARNING(unused-const-variable)
 #endif
 
 /** Total number of bytes allocated for Zstandard state. */