diff --git a/matlab/warning_config.m b/matlab/warning_config.m
index 7d70f13a0..849645280 100644
--- a/matlab/warning_config.m
+++ b/matlab/warning_config.m
@@ -44,4 +44,8 @@ if exist('OCTAVE_VERSION')
     warning('off', 'Octave:string-concat');
     warning('off', 'Octave:variable-switch-label');
     warning('off', 'Octave:fortran-indexing');
+else
+    % In MATLAB >= 7.7, don't display a warning if we use deprecated
+    % interface to set seed of random number generators
+    warning('off', 'MATLAB:RandStream:ActivatingLegacyGenerators');
 end