diff --git a/lldpad.spec b/lldpad.spec
index 1cdbdb4..92d3ad0 100644
--- a/lldpad.spec
+++ b/lldpad.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Name:               lldpad
 Version:            1.0.1
-Release:            5.git%{checkout}%{?dist}
+Release:            6.git%{checkout}%{?dist}
 Summary:            Intel LLDP Agent
 Group:              System Environment/Daemons
 License:            GPLv2
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ that use %{name}.
 
 %build
 ./bootstrap.sh
+CFLAGS=${CFLAGS:-%optflags -Wno-error}; export CFLAGS;
 %configure --disable-static
 # fix the hardened build flags
 sed -i -e 's! \\\$compiler_flags !&\\\$CFLAGS \\\$LDFLAGS !' libtool
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/liblldp_clif.la
 %{_libdir}/liblldp_clif.so
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Feb 12 2017 Chris Leech <cleech@redhat.com> - 1.0.1-6.git036e314
+- disable -Werror from upstream to rebuild with newer compiler warnings
+
 * Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.1-5.git036e314
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild