diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libwebsockets/libwebsockets_3.1.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libwebsockets/libwebsockets_3.1.0.bb
index 50620d99e8..fcabeb9022 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libwebsockets/libwebsockets_3.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libwebsockets/libwebsockets_3.1.0.bb
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += " \
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-testapps"
 
 FILES_${PN}-testapps += "${datadir}/libwebsockets-test-server/*"
+
+CFLAGS_append = " -Wno-error"