diff --git a/srcpkgs/libqmi/template b/srcpkgs/libqmi/template
index 4665ccf21db..7f8392cdd87 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libqmi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libqmi/template
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=812515c36fd77c5f7eb9d52804e9666c4341e8c7dd3d932ca1e607b467831af3
 
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -e 's,-Werror,,g' -i configure
+}
+
 libqmi-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"