diff --git a/gst/gst_init.go b/gst/gst_init.go
index c2ea8cd..3b188e2 100644
--- a/gst/gst_init.go
+++ b/gst/gst_init.go
@@ -45,3 +45,10 @@ func Init(args *[]string) {
 	}
 	CAT = NewDebugCategory("GST_GO", DebugColorFgCyan, "GStreamer Go Bindings")
 }
+
+// Deinit is a wrapper for gst_deinit Clean up any resources created by GStreamer in gst_init().
+// It is normally not needed to call this function in a normal application as the resources will automatically be freed
+// when the program terminates. This function is therefore mostly used by testsuites and other memory profiling tools.
+func Deinit() {
+	C.gst_deinit()
+}
diff --git a/gst/pkg_config.go b/gst/pkg_config.go
index 8c292c7..61550f6 100644
--- a/gst/pkg_config.go
+++ b/gst/pkg_config.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package gst
 
 /*
 #cgo pkg-config: gstreamer-1.0
-#cgo CFLAGS: -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-format-security -g -Wall
+#cgo CFLAGS: -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-format-security -g -Wall -Wno-unused-variable
 #cgo LDFLAGS: -lm
 */
 import "C"