diff --git a/src/V3LinkParse.cpp b/src/V3LinkParse.cpp
index 8e8089f9a..6ac2855ed 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkParse.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkParse.cpp
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ class LinkParseVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
             // Variables in static tasks with timing control can be used after the task has ended
             // with use of join..fork_none, so they need to be static
             if (m_ftaskp->lifetime().isStatic() && m_hasTimingControl) {
+                nodep->v3warn(IMPLICITSTATIC, "Variable's lifetime implicitly set to static because in static task with timing control.");
                 nodep->lifetime(VLifetime::STATIC_IMPLICIT);
             } else {
                 nodep->lifetime(VLifetime::AUTOMATIC_IMPLICIT);
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_fork_write_after_timing.py b/test_regress/t/t_fork_write_after_timing.py
index 7ded63f3a..f3eeea08e 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_fork_write_after_timing.py
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_fork_write_after_timing.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import vltest_bootstrap
 
 test.scenarios('simulator')
 
-test.compile(verilator_flags2=["--binary"])
+test.compile(verilator_flags2=["--binary", "-Wno-implicitstatic"])
 
 test.execute()