--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 IOTOOLS_DEBUG = -O2 -DNDEBUG
 endif
 
-CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror $(DEFS) $(ARCHFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) \
+CFLAGS = -Wall  $(DEFS) $(ARCHFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) \
          $(IOTOOLS_STATIC) $(IOTOOLS_DEBUG)
 DEFS = -D_GNU_SOURCE -DVER_MAJOR=$(VER_MAJOR) -DVER_MINOR=$(VER_MINOR)
 SBINDIR ?= /usr/local/sbin