diff --git a/cmake/FindStandardMathLibrary.cmake b/cmake/FindStandardMathLibrary.cmake
index 711b0e4..1d1e5b3 100644
--- a/cmake/FindStandardMathLibrary.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindStandardMathLibrary.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #                               pass the "-lm" linker flag.
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2010 Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@gmail.com>
+#               2020 Susi Lehtola <susi.lehtola@gmail.com>
 # Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the 2-clause BSD license.
 
 
@@ -17,10 +18,15 @@
 
 # a little test program for c++ math functions.
 # notice the std:: is required on some platforms such as QNX
+# notice the (void) is required if -Wall (-Wunused-value) is added to CMAKE_CXX_FLAG
 
+# We read in the arguments from standard input to avoid the compiler optimizing away the calls
 set(find_standard_math_library_test_program
-"#include<cmath>
-int main() { std::sin(0.0); std::log(0.0f); }")
+"
+#include<cmath>
+int main(int argc, char **){
+  return int(std::sin(double(argc)) + std::log(double(argc)));
+}")
 
 # first try compiling/linking the test program without any linker flags