diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5b61b047..433a333d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -791,13 +791,10 @@ endif
 
 if not asserts
     warning_args += [
-        '-Wno-unused-but-set-variable',
-        '-Wno-unused-variable',
         '-Wno-unused-function',
     ]
 endif
 
-
 checks = get_option('checks')
 config.set('DBUS_ENABLE_CHECKS', checks ? 1 : false)
 config.set('DBUS_DISABLE_CHECKS', not checks ? 1 : false)
@@ -807,6 +804,19 @@ config.set('HAVE_GIO_UNIX', have_gio_unix ? 1 : false)
 config.set('GLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED', 'GLIB_VERSION_2_38')
 config.set('GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED', 'G_ENCODE_VERSION(2,44)')
 
+if not checks
+    warning_args += [
+        '-Wno-unused-label',
+    ]
+endif
+
+if not (asserts and checks)
+    warning_args += [
+        '-Wno-unused-but-set-variable',
+        '-Wno-unused-variable',
+    ]
+endif
+
 windows_output_debug = get_option('windows_output_debug_string')
 config.set('DBUS_USE_OUTPUT_DEBUG_STRING', windows_output_debug)