diff --git a/Makefile.defs b/Makefile.defs
index 06396d3d0..851567ea2 100644
--- a/Makefile.defs
+++ b/Makefile.defs
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(platform),Darwin)
   # their readline has strict-prototype issues
   DEFCFLAGS += -Wno-strict-prototypes
+  # some warnings about braced initializers on structs we want to ignore
+  DEFCFLAGS += -Wno-missing-braces
 else
   DEFCFLAGS += -Wstrict-prototypes
 endif