diff --git a/cmake/EigenTesting.cmake b/cmake/EigenTesting.cmake
index 8830eef4e..c445f842b 100644
--- a/cmake/EigenTesting.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EigenTesting.cmake
@@ -233,7 +233,12 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=gnu++0x")
   endif(EIGEN_TEST_C++0x)
   if(EIGEN_TEST_MAX_WARNING_LEVEL)
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wconversion")
+    CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-Wno-variadic-macros" FLAG_VARIADIC)
+    if(FLAG_VARIADIC)
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wconversion -Wno-variadic-macros")
+    else(FLAG_VARIADIC)
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wconversion")
+    endif(FLAG_VARIADIC)
   endif(EIGEN_TEST_MAX_WARNING_LEVEL)  
   if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES Linux)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${COVERAGE_FLAGS} -g2")