diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ec721f2..4a6d7376 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Version 187:
 * Fix warning in file tests
 * Fix uninitialized comparison in buffers iterator
 * Partial support for BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
+* Fix a spurious gcc warning
 
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diff --git a/include/boost/beast/core/impl/buffers_cat.ipp b/include/boost/beast/core/impl/buffers_cat.ipp
index 81fe8c16..9de1187f 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/core/impl/buffers_cat.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/core/impl/buffers_cat.ipp
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class buffers_cat_view<Bn...>::const_iterator
 
     struct past_end
     {
+        char unused = 0; // make g++8 happy
+
         operator bool() const noexcept
         {
             return true;