--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SUBDIRS += daemon
 PLUGIN_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '\<module_register\>'
 
 if COMPILER_IS_GCC
-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
 endif
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/daemon
--- a/src/libcollectdclient/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libcollectdclient/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 
 if COMPILER_IS_GCC
-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
 endif
 
 pkginclude_HEADERS = collectd/client.h collectd/network.h collectd/network_buffer.h collectd/lcc_features.h