diff --git a/gcc/c/c-decl.cc b/gcc/c/c-decl.cc
index 91599658be9650a887e88774a5dc0c5502bb2301..e537d33f3986083c039f671bcf5eb4c6f0408300 100644
--- a/gcc/c/c-decl.cc
+++ b/gcc/c/c-decl.cc
@@ -1310,7 +1310,10 @@ pop_scope (void)
 	      && scope != external_scope)
 	    {
 	      if (!TREE_USED (p))
-		warning (OPT_Wunused_variable, "unused variable %q+D", p);
+		{
+		  warning (OPT_Wunused_variable, "unused variable %q+D", p);
+		  suppress_warning (p, OPT_Wunused_variable);
+		}
 	      else if (DECL_CONTEXT (p) == current_function_decl)
 		warning_at (DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION (p),
 			    OPT_Wunused_but_set_variable,
diff --git a/gcc/cgraphunit.cc b/gcc/cgraphunit.cc
index a972900900b71bfe48db39783f0b17a3fb2d6ec7..e12764f2f906ec3f605ca43d9d1870d68179def9 100644
--- a/gcc/cgraphunit.cc
+++ b/gcc/cgraphunit.cc
@@ -1120,6 +1120,7 @@ check_global_declaration (symtab_node *snode)
       && (TREE_CODE (decl) != FUNCTION_DECL
 	  || (!DECL_STATIC_CONSTRUCTOR (decl)
 	      && !DECL_STATIC_DESTRUCTOR (decl)))
+      && (! VAR_P (decl) || !warning_suppressed_p (decl, OPT_Wunused_variable))
       /* Otherwise, ask the language.  */
       && lang_hooks.decls.warn_unused_global (decl))
     warning_at (DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION (decl),
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.cc b/gcc/cp/decl.cc
index b1603859644fe40a989bbfebacb9aa29584847ff..51199bb311a89d2ab1805faf168499f61a49dbc3 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.cc
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.cc
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ poplevel (int keep, int reverse, int functionbody)
 		else
 		  warning_at (DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION (decl),
 			      OPT_Wunused_variable, "unused variable %qD", decl);
+		suppress_warning (decl, OPT_Wunused_variable);
 	      }
 	    else if (DECL_CONTEXT (decl) == current_function_decl
 		     // For -Wunused-but-set-variable leave references alone.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/Wunused-var-18.c b/gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/Wunused-var-18.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5ff772b74c1d18a07418aebfb4fb8dcc196375c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/c-c++-common/Wunused-var-18.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* PR c/108079 */
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-Wunused-variable" } */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  static int x;	/* { dg-warning "unused variable 'x'" } */
+		/* { dg-bogus "'x' defined but not used" "" { target *-*-* } .-1 } */
+}