diff --git a/srcpkgs/zeromq/template b/srcpkgs/zeromq/template
index 25a7184e37f..a9729332ca1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zeromq/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zeromq/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="http://www.zeromq.org"
 distfiles="http://download.zeromq.org/zeromq-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=61b31c830db377777e417235a24d3660a4bcc3f40d303ee58df082fcd68bf411
 
+CXXFLAGS="-Wno-error"
+
 zeromq-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"