diff --git a/lib/vssh/libssh.c b/lib/vssh/libssh.c
index e0d9d71ae6..a078c464dd 100644
--- a/lib/vssh/libssh.c
+++ b/lib/vssh/libssh.c
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@
 #include "curl_memory.h"
 #include "memdebug.h"
 
+/* in 0.10.0 or later, ignore deprecated warnings */
+#if defined(__GNUC__) &&                        \
+  (LIBSSH_VERSION_MINOR >= 10) ||               \
+  (LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR > 0)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+#endif
+
 /* A recent macro provided by libssh. Or make our own. */
 #ifndef SSH_STRING_FREE_CHAR
 #define SSH_STRING_FREE_CHAR(x)                 \