diff --git a/cmd/v/v.v b/cmd/v/v.v
index 235be139ed..3c76ede26b 100644
--- a/cmd/v/v.v
+++ b/cmd/v/v.v
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ module main
 
 import help
 import os
-import os.cmdline
 import v.table
 import v.doc
 import v.pref
@@ -21,10 +20,6 @@ const (
 	'build-examples', 'build-vbinaries', 'setup-freetype'
 	]
 	list_of_flags_that_allow_duplicates = ['cc', 'd', 'define', 'cf', 'cflags']
-	list_of_flags_with_param            = [
-		'o'
-		'output', 'd', 'define', 'b', 'backend', 'cc', 'os', 'target-os', 'arch', 'csource'
-		'cf', 'cflags', 'path']
 )
 
 fn main() {
@@ -49,7 +44,7 @@ fn main_v() {
 		return
 	}
 	args_and_flags := util.join_env_vflags_and_os_args()[1..]
-	prefs, command := parse_args(args_and_flags)
+	prefs, command := pref.parse_args(args_and_flags)
 	if prefs.is_verbose {
 		println('command = "$command"')
 		println(util.full_v_version())
@@ -115,168 +110,6 @@ fn main_v() {
 	exit(1)
 }
 
-fn parse_args(args []string) (&pref.Preferences, string) {
-	mut res := &pref.Preferences{}
-	mut command := ''
-	mut command_pos := 0
-	// for i, arg in args {
-	for i := 0; i < args.len; i++ {
-		arg := args[i]
-		current_args := args[i..]
-		match arg {
-			'-v' {
-				res.is_verbose = true
-			}
-			'-silent' {
-				res.output_mode = .silent
-			}
-			'-cg' {
-				res.is_debug = true
-			}
-			'-repl' {
-				res.is_repl = true
-			}
-			'-live' {
-				res.is_livemain = true
-			}
-			'-sharedlive' {
-				res.is_liveshared = true
-				res.is_shared = true
-			}
-			'-shared' {
-				res.is_shared = true
-			}
-			'--enable-globals' {
-				res.enable_globals = true
-			}
-			'-autofree' {
-				res.autofree = true
-			}
-			'-compress' {
-				res.compress = true
-			}
-			'-freestanding' {
-				res.is_bare = true
-			}
-			'-prof', '-profile' {
-				res.profile_file = cmdline.option(current_args, '-profile', '-')
-				res.is_prof = true
-				i++
-			}
-			'-profile-no-inline' {
-				res.profile_no_inline = true
-			}
-			'-prod' {
-				res.is_prod = true
-			}
-			'-stats' {
-				res.is_stats = true
-			}
-			'-obfuscate' {
-				res.obfuscate = true
-			}
-			'-translated' {
-				res.translated = true
-			}
-			'-showcc' {
-				res.show_cc = true
-			}
-			'-usecache' {
-				res.use_cache = true
-			}
-			'-keepc' {
-				res.keep_c = true
-			}
-			'-x64' {
-				res.backend = .x64
-			}
-			'-print_v_files' {
-				res.print_v_files = true
-			}
-			'-os' {
-				target_os := cmdline.option(current_args, '-os', '')
-				i++
-				target_os_kind := pref.os_from_string(target_os) or {
-					if target_os == 'cross' {
-						res.output_cross_c = true
-						continue
-					}
-					println('unknown operating system target `$target_os`')
-					exit(1)
-				}
-				res.os = target_os_kind
-			}
-			'-printfn' {
-				res.printfn_list << cmdline.option(current_args, '-printfn', '')
-				i++
-			}
-			'-cflags' {
-				res.cflags += ' ' + cmdline.option(current_args, '-cflags', '')
-				i++
-			}
-			'-define', '-d' {
-				if current_args.len > 1 {
-					define := current_args[1]
-					parse_define(mut res, define)
-				}
-				i++
-			}
-			'-cc' {
-				res.ccompiler = cmdline.option(current_args, '-cc', 'cc')
-				i++
-			}
-			'-o' {
-				res.out_name = cmdline.option(current_args, '-o', '')
-				i++
-			}
-			'-b' {
-				b := pref.backend_from_string(cmdline.option(current_args, '-b', 'c')) or {
-					continue
-				}
-				res.backend = b
-				i++
-			}
-			else {
-				mut should_continue := false
-				for flag_with_param in list_of_flags_with_param {
-					if '-$flag_with_param' == arg {
-						should_continue = true
-						i++
-						break
-					}
-				}
-				if should_continue {
-					continue
-				}
-				if !arg.starts_with('-') && command == '' {
-					command = arg
-					command_pos = i
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if command.ends_with('.v') || os.exists(command) {
-		res.path = command
-	} else if command == 'run' {
-		res.is_run = true
-		if command_pos > args.len {
-			eprintln('v run: no v files listed')
-			exit(1)
-		}
-		res.path = args[command_pos + 1]
-		res.run_args = args[command_pos + 2..]
-	}
-	if command == 'build-module' {
-		res.build_mode = .build_module
-		res.path = args[command_pos + 1]
-	}
-	if res.is_verbose {
-		println('setting pref.path to "$res.path"')
-	}
-	res.fill_with_defaults()
-	return res, command
-}
-
 fn invoke_help_and_exit(remaining []string) {
 	match remaining.len {
 		0, 1 { help.print_and_exit('default') }
diff --git a/vlib/v/builder/builder.v b/vlib/v/builder/builder.v
index ca6f32eace..a19859e4c5 100644
--- a/vlib/v/builder/builder.v
+++ b/vlib/v/builder/builder.v
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ fn (b &Builder) print_warnings_and_errors() {
 	if b.pref.is_verbose && b.checker.nr_warnings > 1 {
 		println('$b.checker.nr_warnings warnings')
 	}
-	if b.checker.nr_warnings > 0 {
+	if b.checker.nr_warnings > 0  && !b.pref.skip_warnings {
 		for i, err in b.checker.warnings {
 			kind := if b.pref.is_verbose { '$err.reporter warning #$b.checker.nr_warnings:' } else { 'warning:' }
 			ferror := util.formatted_error(kind, err.message, err.file_path, err.pos)
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 414aff90d3..5c0bc680d4 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) warn_or_error(message string, pos token.Position, warn bool)
 	// if c.pref.is_verbose {
 	// print_backtrace()
 	// }
-	if warn {
+	if warn && !c.pref.skip_warnings {
 		c.nr_warnings++
 		wrn := errors.Warning{
 			reporter: errors.Reporter.checker
@@ -2274,7 +2274,9 @@ fn (mut c Checker) warn_or_error(message string, pos token.Position, warn bool)
 		}
 		c.file.warnings << wrn
 		c.warnings << wrn
-	} else {
+		return
+	}
+	if !warn {
 		c.nr_errors++
 		if pos.line_nr !in c.error_lines {
 			err := errors.Error{
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 7550deee3f..bac235935d 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ pub fn (mut p Parser) error_with_pos(s string, pos token.Position) {
 }
 
 pub fn (mut p Parser) warn_with_pos(s string, pos token.Position) {
+	if p.pref.skip_warnings {
+		return
+	}
 	if p.pref.output_mode == .stdout {
 		ferror := util.formatted_error('warning:', s, p.file_name, pos)
 		eprintln(ferror)
diff --git a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
index 4f5f36579e..005f033db4 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 // that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 module pref
 
+import os.cmdline
+import os
+
 pub enum BuildMode {
 	// `v program.v'
 	// Build user code only, and add pre-compiled vlib (`cc program.o builtin.o os.o...`)
@@ -23,6 +26,13 @@ pub enum Backend {
 	x64          // The x64 backend
 }
 
+const (
+	list_of_flags_with_param            = [
+		'o'
+		'output', 'd', 'define', 'b', 'backend', 'cc', 'os', 'target-os', 'arch', 'csource'
+		'cf', 'cflags', 'path']
+)
+
 pub struct Preferences {
 pub mut:
 	os                  OS   // the OS to compile for
@@ -90,8 +100,175 @@ pub mut:
 	printfn_list        []string // a list of generated function names, whose source should be shown, for debugging
 	print_v_files       bool     // when true, just print the list of all parsed .v files then stop.
 	skip_running        bool     // when true, do no try to run the produced file (set by b.cc(), when -o x.c or -o x.js)
+	skip_warnings       bool     // like C's "-w"
 }
 
+pub fn parse_args(args []string) (&Preferences, string) {
+	mut res := &pref.Preferences{}
+	mut command := ''
+	mut command_pos := 0
+	// for i, arg in args {
+	for i := 0; i < args.len; i++ {
+		arg := args[i]
+		current_args := args[i..]
+		match arg {
+			'-v' {
+				res.is_verbose = true
+			}
+			'-silent' {
+				res.output_mode = .silent
+			}
+			'-cg' {
+				res.is_debug = true
+			}
+			'-repl' {
+				res.is_repl = true
+			}
+			'-live' {
+				res.is_livemain = true
+			}
+			'-sharedlive' {
+				res.is_liveshared = true
+				res.is_shared = true
+			}
+			'-shared' {
+				res.is_shared = true
+			}
+			'--enable-globals' {
+				res.enable_globals = true
+			}
+			'-autofree' {
+				res.autofree = true
+			}
+			'-compress' {
+				res.compress = true
+			}
+			'-freestanding' {
+				res.is_bare = true
+			}
+			'-prof', '-profile' {
+				res.profile_file = cmdline.option(current_args, '-profile', '-')
+				res.is_prof = true
+				i++
+			}
+			'-profile-no-inline' {
+				res.profile_no_inline = true
+			}
+			'-prod' {
+				res.is_prod = true
+			}
+			'-stats' {
+				res.is_stats = true
+			}
+			'-obfuscate' {
+				res.obfuscate = true
+			}
+			'-translated' {
+				res.translated = true
+			}
+			'-showcc' {
+				res.show_cc = true
+			}
+			'-usecache' {
+				res.use_cache = true
+			}
+			'-keepc' {
+				res.keep_c = true
+			}
+			'-x64' {
+				res.backend = .x64
+			}
+			'-w' {
+				res.skip_warnings = true
+			}
+			'-print_v_files' {
+				res.print_v_files = true
+			}
+			'-os' {
+				target_os := cmdline.option(current_args, '-os', '')
+				i++
+				target_os_kind := pref.os_from_string(target_os) or {
+					if target_os == 'cross' {
+						res.output_cross_c = true
+						continue
+					}
+					println('unknown operating system target `$target_os`')
+					exit(1)
+				}
+				res.os = target_os_kind
+			}
+			'-printfn' {
+				res.printfn_list << cmdline.option(current_args, '-printfn', '')
+				i++
+			}
+			'-cflags' {
+				res.cflags += ' ' + cmdline.option(current_args, '-cflags', '')
+				i++
+			}
+			'-define', '-d' {
+				if current_args.len > 1 {
+					define := current_args[1]
+					parse_define(mut res, define)
+				}
+				i++
+			}
+			'-cc' {
+				res.ccompiler = cmdline.option(current_args, '-cc', 'cc')
+				i++
+			}
+			'-o' {
+				res.out_name = cmdline.option(current_args, '-o', '')
+				i++
+			}
+			'-b' {
+				b := pref.backend_from_string(cmdline.option(current_args, '-b', 'c')) or {
+					continue
+				}
+				res.backend = b
+				i++
+			}
+			else {
+				mut should_continue := false
+				for flag_with_param in list_of_flags_with_param {
+					if '-$flag_with_param' == arg {
+						should_continue = true
+						i++
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				if should_continue {
+					continue
+				}
+				if !arg.starts_with('-') && command == '' {
+					command = arg
+					command_pos = i
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if command.ends_with('.v') || os.exists(command) {
+		res.path = command
+	} else if command == 'run' {
+		res.is_run = true
+		if command_pos > args.len {
+			eprintln('v run: no v files listed')
+			exit(1)
+		}
+		res.path = args[command_pos + 1]
+		res.run_args = args[command_pos + 2..]
+	}
+	if command == 'build-module' {
+		res.build_mode = .build_module
+		res.path = args[command_pos + 1]
+	}
+	if res.is_verbose {
+		println('setting pref.path to "$res.path"')
+	}
+	res.fill_with_defaults()
+	return res, command
+}
+
+
 pub fn backend_from_string(s string) ?Backend {
 	match s {
 		'c' {