diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1d358d2c88c..6e28bfcad01 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ CC_CHECK_CFLAGS_APPEND([ \
         -Wno-overlength-strings \
         -Wno-unused-parameter \
         -Wno-missing-field-initializers \
+        -Wno-unused-result \
         -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 \
         -ffast-math \
         -fno-common \
diff --git a/src/path-lookup.c b/src/path-lookup.c
index 7a5b9b813e0..093e04de37d 100644
--- a/src/path-lookup.c
+++ b/src/path-lookup.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static char** session_dirs(void) {
                  * one. */
 
                 mkdir_parents(data_home, 0777);
-                symlink("../../../.config/systemd/session", data_home);
+                (void) symlink("../../../.config/systemd/session", data_home);
         }
 
         if ((e = getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS")))