diff --git a/src/extframe.h b/src/extframe.h
index 8f48afdb..43f45739 100644
--- a/src/extframe.h
+++ b/src/extframe.h
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ class ExtFrame : public Frame
      */
     virtual bool process(ConnectionImpl *connection) override
     {
+        // make sure compilers dont complain about unused parameters
+        (void) connection;
+
         // this is an exception
         throw ProtocolException("unimplemented frame type " + std::to_string(type()));
 
diff --git a/src/methodframe.h b/src/methodframe.h
index 67055e34..d1b8de36 100644
--- a/src/methodframe.h
+++ b/src/methodframe.h
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ class MethodFrame : public ExtFrame
      */
     virtual bool process(ConnectionImpl *connection) override
     {
+        // make sure compilers dont complain about unused parameters
+        (void) connection;
+
         // this is an exception
         throw ProtocolException("unimplemented frame type " + std::to_string(type()) + " class " + std::to_string(classID()) + " method " + std::to_string(methodID()));
     }