diff --git a/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk b/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk
index ca55592dba..1ccef572da 100644
--- a/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk
+++ b/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ FLASHROM_SOURCE = flashrom-v$(FLASHROM_VERSION).tar.bz2
 FLASHROM_SITE = https://download.flashrom.org/releases
 FLASHROM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 FLASHROM_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+FLASHROM_MAKE_OPTS = WARNERROR=no
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFTDI),y)
 FLASHROM_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libftdi