diff --git a/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h b/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
index 37f625b2..fa915be4 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_compiler_capabilities.h
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
 #       define CATCH_INTERNAL_UNSUPPRESS_PARENTHESES_WARNINGS \
             _Pragma( "clang diagnostic pop" )
 
+#       define CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_UNUSED_WARNINGS \
+            _Pragma( "clang diagnostic push" ) \
+            _Pragma( "clang diagnostic ignored \"-Wunused-variable\"" )
+#       define CATCH_INTERNAL_UNSUPPRESS_UNUSED_WARNINGS \
+            _Pragma( "clang diagnostic pop" )
+
 #endif // __clang__
 
 
@@ -168,6 +174,10 @@
 #   define CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_GLOBALS_WARNINGS
 #   define CATCH_INTERNAL_UNSUPPRESS_GLOBALS_WARNINGS
 #endif
+#if !defined(CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_UNUSED_WARNINGS)
+#   define CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_UNUSED_WARNINGS
+#   define CATCH_INTERNAL_UNSUPPRESS_UNUSED_WARNINGS
+#endif
 
 
 #endif // TWOBLUECUBES_CATCH_COMPILER_CAPABILITIES_HPP_INCLUDED
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_section.h b/include/internal/catch_section.h
index 562aeef8..00c254b6 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_section.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_section.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef TWOBLUECUBES_CATCH_SECTION_H_INCLUDED
 #define TWOBLUECUBES_CATCH_SECTION_H_INCLUDED
 
+#include "catch_compiler_capabilities.h"
 #include "catch_section_info.h"
 #include "catch_totals.h"
 #include "catch_timer.h"
@@ -36,9 +37,13 @@ namespace Catch {
 } // end namespace Catch
 
 #define INTERNAL_CATCH_SECTION( ... ) \
-    if( Catch::Section const& INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME( catch_internal_Section ) = Catch::SectionInfo( CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, __VA_ARGS__ ) )
+    CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_UNUSED_WARNINGS \
+    if( Catch::Section const& INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME( catch_internal_Section ) = Catch::SectionInfo( CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, __VA_ARGS__ ) ) \
+    CATCH_INTERNAL_UNSUPPRESS_UNUSED_WARNINGS
 
 #define INTERNAL_CATCH_DYNAMIC_SECTION( ... ) \
-    if( Catch::Section const& INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME( catch_internal_Section ) = Catch::SectionInfo( CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, (Catch::ReusableStringStream() << __VA_ARGS__).str() ) )
+    CATCH_INTERNAL_SUPPRESS_UNUSED_WARNINGS \
+    if( Catch::Section const& INTERNAL_CATCH_UNIQUE_NAME( catch_internal_Section ) = Catch::SectionInfo( CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO, (Catch::ReusableStringStream() << __VA_ARGS__).str() ) ) \
+    CATCH_INTERNAL_UNSUPPRESS_UNUSED_WARNINGS
 
 #endif // TWOBLUECUBES_CATCH_SECTION_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h b/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h
index 4d0e9bd3..bbdb0c49 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h
+++ b/include/internal/catch_suppress_warnings.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #       pragma warning(push)
 #       pragma warning(disable: 161 1682)
 #   else // __ICC
-#       pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-variable"
 #       pragma clang diagnostic push
 #       pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wpadded"
 #       pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wswitch-enum"