diff --git a/contrib/protobuf-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/protobuf-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 683429194fc..1f8d9b02b3e 100644
--- a/contrib/protobuf-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/protobuf-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ else ()
 endif ()
 
 add_subdirectory("${protobuf_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake" "${protobuf_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+# We don't want to stop compilation on warnings in protobuf's headers.
+# The following line overrides the value assigned by the command target_include_directories() in libprotobuf.cmake 
+set_property(TARGET libprotobuf PROPERTY INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${protobuf_SOURCE_DIR}/src)