diff --git a/colour.cpp b/colour.cpp
index d501c28b..c0eed86b 100644
--- a/colour.cpp
+++ b/colour.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const util::colour<S,T>                 \
 util::colour<S,T>::NAME =               \
     util::colour<4,float> (R,G,B,1)     \
     .template redim<S> ()               \
-    .template cast<T> ();
+    .template cast<T> ()
 
 CONSTANT_COLOUR(WHITE,1,1,1);
 CONSTANT_COLOUR(BLACK,0,0,0);
diff --git a/coord/store.hpp b/coord/store.hpp
index 3ad57b83..8033658c 100644
--- a/coord/store.hpp
+++ b/coord/store.hpp
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ namespace util { namespace coord {
             struct { T w,h,d; };
         };
     };
+
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 } }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/quaternion.hpp b/quaternion.hpp
index 58de3725..e6d77502 100644
--- a/quaternion.hpp
+++ b/quaternion.hpp
@@ -26,12 +26,26 @@
 namespace util {
     template <typename T>
     struct quaternion {
+        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        // Disable GCC warnings about validity of anonyous structures in
+        // unions. Push comes to shove I'll manually redsign everything to
+        // keep this syntax anyway.
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#if defined(COMPILER_GCC)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-pedantic"
+#endif
+#if defined(COMPILER_CLANG)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wgnu"
+#endif
+
         union {
             struct { T w, x, y, z; };
             struct { T a, b, c, d; };
             T data[4];
         };
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+
         static const quaternion IDENTITY;
 
         static quaternion rotation (T radians, vector<3,T> axis);