diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 292c0fd..b20574c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 parse_cli.o: CFLAGS+=-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -Wno-error
 
 ## system requires a shared libconfig
-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -Wextra -Wformat=2 $(LIBCONFIG_CFLAGS) $(LIBNL_CFLAGS)
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -Wformat=2 $(LIBCONFIG_CFLAGS) $(LIBNL_CFLAGS)
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(LIBCONFIG_LIBS) $(LIBNL_LIBS) -lrt
 
 ## header files to be installed, for programs using the client interface to lldpad 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0667446..e49867e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT([lldpad], [1.0.1], [lldp-devel@open-lldp.org])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign subdir-objects])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign subdir-objects])
 
 m4_pattern_allow([AM_PROG_AR])
 AM_PROG_AR