diff --git a/lalapps.changes b/lalapps.changes
index 9e8c488..20ecb00 100644
--- a/lalapps.changes
+++ b/lalapps.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul  1 01:21:52 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Pass "-Wno-enum-conversion" to CFLAGS to workaround build errors
+  because XLAL_ERROR implictly converts to different function
+  return types.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 27 22:34:40 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/lalapps.spec b/lalapps.spec
index 0f0e3e1..dbac397 100644
--- a/lalapps.spec
+++ b/lalapps.spec
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ export PYTHON=%{_bindir}/$python
 mkdir ../$python
 cp -pr ./ ../$python  
 pushd ../$python
+# FIXME: Failures because XLAL_ERROR implictly converts to function return type
+export CFLAGS+=" -Wno-enum-conversion"
+%configure \
 %configure --enable-swig
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 popd