diff --git a/bindings/python/compile_flags.in b/bindings/python/compile_flags.in
index 1de90eb8e..c27e5a933 100644
--- a/bindings/python/compile_flags.in
+++ b/bindings/python/compile_flags.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
--I@top_srcdir@/include @COMPILETIME_OPTIONS@ @CXXFLAGS@ @CPPFLAGS@ @BOOST_CPPFLAGS@ @OPENSSL_INCLUDES@
+-I@top_srcdir@/include @COMPILETIME_OPTIONS@ @CPPFLAGS@ @BOOST_CPPFLAGS@ @CXXFLAGS@ @PYTHON_CXXFLAGS@ @OPENSSL_INCLUDES@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5d12384da..da1facbad 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ AC_SUBST(DEBUGFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INSTALL_PARAMS)
 AC_SUBST(COMPILETIME_OPTIONS)
 
+# Disable deprecated warnings for the Python binding builds.
+PYTHON_CXXFLAGS="${PYTHON_CXXFLAGS} -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
+AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CXXFLAGS)
 
 # Try to guess real git revision if any, fallback to hardcoded otherwise
 GIT_REVISION=`git log -1 --format=format:%h 2>/dev/null`