diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8f31c6d6..78d6ea2e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ gem "rack", "~> 3.0.11"
 
 # Utilities
 gem "nokogiri"
+gem "warning", require: false # for silencing certain warnings, will require before boot in warings_silencer.rb
 
 # Only used in rake tasks
 gem "http", require: false # protected areas job
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 82c359ac..3e63b674 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ GEM
     useragent (0.16.11)
     warden (1.2.9)
       rack (>= 2.0.9)
+    warning (1.5.0)
     web-console (4.2.1)
       actionview (>= 6.0.0)
       activemodel (>= 6.0.0)
@@ -878,6 +879,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   super_diff
   tzinfo-data
   uglifier
+  warning
   web-console (>= 4.1.0)
   webmock
   whenever
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index a1824cf2..e1a3d514 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require_relative "warnings_silencer"
 require_relative "boot"
 
 require "rails"
diff --git a/config/warnings_silencer.rb b/config/warnings_silencer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61faf704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/warnings_silencer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require "warning"
+
+# ignore gdal warnings
+Warning.ignore(/undefining the allocator of T_DATA class/)
+Warning.ignore(/undefining the allocator of T_DATA class SWIG::TYPE_p_f_double_p_q_const__char_p_void__int/)