diff --git a/cppunit.spec b/cppunit.spec
index dcc266a..4ca7cf2 100644
--- a/cppunit.spec
+++ b/cppunit.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ the popular doxygen documentation generation tool.
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
-%configure --enable-doxygen --disable-static --disable-silent-rules
+%configure --enable-doxygen --disable-static --disable-silent-rules --disable-werror
 sed -i \
     -e 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' \
     -e 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' \