diff --git a/www/libwebsockets/Makefile b/www/libwebsockets/Makefile
index 76d4b377ca9..bc7e4ee7b70 100644
--- a/www/libwebsockets/Makefile
+++ b/www/libwebsockets/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ LIB_DEPENDS =		devel/libuv
 
 MODULES =		devel/cmake
 
-CONFIGURE_ARGS +=	-DLWS_WITHOUT_TESTAPPS=ON \
+# -Werror fails on base-gcc
+CONFIGURE_ARGS +=	-DDISABLE_WERROR=ON \
+			-DLWS_WITHOUT_TESTAPPS=ON \
 			-DLWS_WITHOUT_TEST_SERVER=ON \
 			-DLWS_WITH_LIBUV=ON