--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependenci
 SUBDIRS = mans
 
 if COMPILER_IS_GCC
-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
 endif
 
 include_HEADERS = oping.h
