diff --git a/src/sointu.asm b/src/sointu.asm
index 1941b50..0745d08 100644
--- a/src/sointu.asm
+++ b/src/sointu.asm
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@
     %endmacro
 %endif
 
+section .text ; yasm throws section redeclaration warnings if strucs are defined without a plain .text section
+
 struc su_stack ; the structure of stack _as the units see it_
     .retaddr    RESPTR  1
 %if BITS == 32              ; we dump everything with pushad, so this is unused in 32-bit
diff --git a/src/sointu.inc b/src/sointu.inc
index b60a7aa..e4eeac1 100644
--- a/src/sointu.inc
+++ b/src/sointu.inc
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
 %define MONO            0
 %define STEREO          1
 
+section .text ; yasm throws section redeclaration warnings if strucs are defined without a plain .text section
+
 %include "opcodes/flowcontrol.inc"
 %include "opcodes/arithmetic.inc"
 %include "opcodes/effects.inc"