diff --git a/include/lib/cassert.h b/include/lib/cassert.h
index 0e5529d..e8089cb 100644
--- a/include/lib/cassert.h
+++ b/include/lib/cassert.h
@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Macro to flag a compile time assertion. It uses the preprocessor to generate
  * an invalid C construct if 'cond' evaluates to false.
- * The following  compilation error is triggered if the assertion fails:
+ * The following compilation error is triggered if the assertion fails:
  * "error: size of array 'msg' is negative"
+ * The 'unused' attribute ensures that the unused typedef does not emit a
+ * compiler warning.
  ******************************************************************************/
-#define CASSERT(cond, msg)	typedef char msg[(cond) ? 1 : -1]
+#define CASSERT(cond, msg)	\
+	typedef char msg[(cond) ? 1 : -1] __attribute__((unused))
 
 #endif /* __CASSERT_H__ */