diff --git a/lib/compiler/aro_translate_c.zig b/lib/compiler/aro_translate_c.zig
index 3a08f1ee59..372734ace9 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/aro_translate_c.zig
+++ b/lib/compiler/aro_translate_c.zig
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ fn prepopulateGlobalNameTable(c: *Context) !void {
                 const decl_name = c.tree.tokSlice(data.decl.name);
                 try c.global_names.put(c.gpa, decl_name, {});
             },
+            .static_assert => {},
             else => unreachable,
         }
     }
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ fn transDecl(c: *Context, scope: *Scope, decl: NodeIndex) !void {
         => {
             try transVarDecl(c, decl, null);
         },
+        .static_assert => try warn(c, &c.global_scope.base, 0, "ignoring _Static_assert declaration", .{}),
         else => unreachable,
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/cases/translate_c/_Static_assert.c b/test/cases/translate_c/_Static_assert.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ecc639e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/translate_c/_Static_assert.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+_Static_assert(1 == 1, "");
+
+// translate-c
+// target=x86_64-linux
+// c_frontend=aro
+//
+// tmp.c:1:1: warning: ignoring _Static_assert declaration