diff --git a/festival.spec b/festival.spec
index cb56988..25d1a22 100644
--- a/festival.spec
+++ b/festival.spec
@@ -136,14 +136,13 @@ rm festdoc-%{docversion}/speech_tools/doc/tex_stuff.jade
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -O0"
 export CFLAGS
 %endif
-export CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:`pwd`/speech_tools/lib:$PATH
 export PATH=`pwd`/bin:$PATH
 pushd speech_tools
 %configure
 
-make
+make CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-error" CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-string-aliasing -Wno-error"
 
 #g++ -shared -L../../../speech_tools/lib -lestools -lestbase -leststring -ltermcap -Wl,-soname -Wl,libFestival.so.1 -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/lib -o ../libFestival.so.1.4.1 *