diff --git a/openucx.changes b/openucx.changes
index f2ab629..bf18095 100644
--- a/openucx.changes
+++ b/openucx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 15 05:52:55 UTC 2019 - Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin <nmoreychaisemartin@suse.com>
+
+- Disable Werror to handle boo#1121267
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 25 07:56:39 UTC 2019 - nmorey <nmoreychaisemartin@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/openucx.spec b/openucx.spec
index 7434557..0b2516f 100644
--- a/openucx.spec
+++ b/openucx.spec
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ export UCX_CFLAGS="$UCX_CFLAGS -mno-sse -mno-sse2"
 %endif
          --docdir="%_docdir/%name"
 
-make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
+# Override BASE_CFLAGS to disable Werror (boo#1121267)
+make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1 BASE_CFLAGS="-g -Wall"
 
 %post   -n libucp0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libucp0 -p /sbin/ldconfig