diff --git a/src/getopt.c b/src/getopt.c
index d63887e5..abd00b86 100644
--- a/src/getopt.c
+++ b/src/getopt.c
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ _getopt_initialize (argc, argv, optstring)
   else
     nonoption_flags_len = 0;
 #endif
-
+	UNUSED(argc);
+	UNUSED(argv);
   return optstring;
 }