--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall -Werror])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall])
 
 # Checks for programs.
 AM_PROG_AR
--- a/dump/Makefile.am
+++ b/dump/Makefile.am
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 bin_PROGRAMS     = dump.erofs
 AM_CPPFLAGS = ${libuuid_CFLAGS}
 dump_erofs_SOURCES = main.c
-dump_erofs_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+dump_erofs_CFLAGS = -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 dump_erofs_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/liberofs.la ${libselinux_LIBS} \
 	${libuuid_LIBS} ${liblz4_LIBS} ${liblzma_LIBS}
--- a/fsck/Makefile.am
+++ b/fsck/Makefile.am
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 bin_PROGRAMS     = fsck.erofs
 AM_CPPFLAGS = ${libuuid_CFLAGS}
 fsck_erofs_SOURCES = main.c
-fsck_erofs_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+fsck_erofs_CFLAGS = -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 fsck_erofs_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/liberofs.la ${libselinux_LIBS} \
 	${libuuid_LIBS} ${liblz4_LIBS} ${liblzma_LIBS}
--- a/fuse/Makefile.am
+++ b/fuse/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 bin_PROGRAMS     = erofsfuse
 erofsfuse_SOURCES = dir.c main.c
-erofsfuse_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+erofsfuse_CFLAGS = -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 erofsfuse_CFLAGS += -DFUSE_USE_VERSION=26 ${libfuse_CFLAGS} ${libselinux_CFLAGS}
 erofsfuse_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/liberofs.la ${libfuse_LIBS} ${liblz4_LIBS} \
 	${libselinux_LIBS} ${liblzma_LIBS}
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ noinst_HEADERS += compressor.h
 liberofs_la_SOURCES = config.c io.c cache.c super.c inode.c xattr.c exclude.c \
 		      namei.c data.c compress.c compressor.c zmap.c decompress.c \
 		      compress_hints.c hashmap.c sha256.c blobchunk.c
-liberofs_la_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+liberofs_la_CFLAGS = -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 if ENABLE_LZ4
 liberofs_la_CFLAGS += ${LZ4_CFLAGS}
 liberofs_la_SOURCES += compressor_lz4.c
--- a/mkfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/mkfs/Makefile.am
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 bin_PROGRAMS     = mkfs.erofs
 AM_CPPFLAGS = ${libuuid_CFLAGS} ${libselinux_CFLAGS}
 mkfs_erofs_SOURCES = main.c
-mkfs_erofs_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+mkfs_erofs_CFLAGS = -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 mkfs_erofs_LDADD = ${libuuid_LIBS} $(top_builddir)/lib/liberofs.la ${libselinux_LIBS} \
 	${liblz4_LIBS} ${liblzma_LIBS}