diff --git a/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk b/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
index 04f7e7d3f2..ac8a09eaaa 100644
--- a/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
+++ b/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ZEROMQ_VERSION = 4.3.2
 ZEROMQ_SITE = https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v$(ZEROMQ_VERSION)
 ZEROMQ_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 ZEROMQ_DEPENDENCIES = util-linux
-ZEROMQ_CONF_OPTS = --without-documentation
+ZEROMQ_CONF_OPTS = --disable-Werror --without-documentation
 ZEROMQ_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0+ with exceptions
 ZEROMQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LESSER
 # We're patching acinclude.m4