diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ warning.emit('FST_ERROR_CODE', 'world') // will be emitted
 warning.emit('FST_ERROR_CODE', 'world') // will be emitted again
 ```
 
+#### Suppressing warnings
+
+It is possible to suppress warnings by utilizing one of node's built-in warning suppression mechanisms.
+
+Warnings can be suppressed:
+
+- by setting the `NODE_NO_WARNINGS` environment variable to `1`
+- by passing the `--no-warnings` flag to the node process
+- by setting 'no-warnings' in the `NODE_OPTIONS` environment variable
+
+For more information see [node's documentation](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html).
+
 ## License
 
 Licensed under [MIT](./LICENSE).
diff --git a/examples/example.js b/examples/example.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6733fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const warning = require('..')()
+
+warning.create('DeprecationWarning', 'CUSTDEP001', 'This is a deprecation warning')
+
+warning.emit('CUSTDEP001')
diff --git a/test/no-warnings.test.js b/test/no-warnings.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4622cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/no-warnings.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { test } = require('tap')
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process')
+const { resolve } = require('path')
+
+const entry = resolve(__dirname, '../examples', 'example.js')
+
+test('--no-warnings is set in cli', t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, [
+    '--no-warnings',
+    entry
+  ])
+
+  const stderr = child.stderr.toString()
+  t.equal(stderr, '')
+})
+
+test('--no-warnings is not set in cli', t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, [
+    entry
+  ])
+
+  const stderr = child.stderr.toString()
+  t.match(stderr, /\[CUSTDEP001\] DeprecationWarning: This is a deprecation warning/)
+})
+
+test('NODE_NO_WARNINGS is set to 1', t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, [
+    entry
+  ], {
+    env: {
+      NODE_NO_WARNINGS: '1'
+    }
+  })
+
+  const stderr = child.stderr.toString()
+  t.equal(stderr, '')
+})
+
+test('NODE_NO_WARNINGS is set to 0', t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, [
+    entry
+  ], {
+    env: {
+      NODE_NO_WARNINGS: '0'
+    }
+  })
+
+  const stderr = child.stderr.toString()
+  t.match(stderr, /\[CUSTDEP001\] DeprecationWarning: This is a deprecation warning/)
+})
+
+test('NODE_NO_WARNINGS is not set', t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, [
+    entry
+  ])
+
+  const stderr = child.stderr.toString()
+  t.match(stderr, /\[CUSTDEP001\] DeprecationWarning: This is a deprecation warning/)
+})
+
+test('NODE_Options contains --no-warnings', t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, [
+    entry
+  ], {
+    env: {
+      NODE_OPTIONS: '--no-warnings'
+    }
+  })
+
+  const stderr = child.stderr.toString()
+  t.equal(stderr, '')
+})