diff --git a/changelog/new.txt b/changelog/new.txt
index e6c9c35..20a662c 100644
--- a/changelog/new.txt
+++ b/changelog/new.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ New features:
 - New option --filter-fn allows to implement your own snapshot filter using the Rhai language.
 - New command dump has been added.
 - New command merge has been added.
+- Support for extended file attributes has been added.
 - Extra or wrong fields in the config file now lead to rustic complaining and aborting.
 - backup: Paths are now sanitized from command arguments and config file before matching and applying the configuration.
 - check --read-data: progress bar now also shows total bytes to check and ETA.
diff --git a/src/backend/local.rs b/src/backend/local.rs
index 591eb12..ed1b312 100644
--- a/src/backend/local.rs
+++ b/src/backend/local.rs
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ impl LocalDestination {
     #[cfg(windows)]
     pub fn set_extended_attributes(
         &self,
-        item: impl AsRef<Path>,
-        extended_attributes: &[ExtendedAttribute],
+        _item: impl AsRef<Path>,
+        _extended_attributes: &[ExtendedAttribute],
     ) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }