diff --git a/kdc/Makefile.am b/kdc/Makefile.am
index 544229708..5c75f5b61 100644
--- a/kdc/Makefile.am
+++ b/kdc/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 
+WFLAGS += -Wno-error=enum-conversion
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS += $(INCLUDE_libintl) $(INCLUDE_openssl_crypto) -I$(srcdir)/../lib/krb5
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = simple_csr_authorizer.la  ipc_csr_authorizer.la \
diff --git a/lib/asn1/Makefile.am b/lib/asn1/Makefile.am
index d6bf8432c..42c63521d 100644
--- a/lib/asn1/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/asn1/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 
+WFLAGS += -Wno-error=enum-conversion
+
 YFLAGS = -d -t
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS += $(ROKEN_RENAME)
diff --git a/lib/gssapi/Makefile.am b/lib/gssapi/Makefile.am
index ea26da2dc..cb525d05d 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/gssapi/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 
+WFLAGS += -Wno-error=enum-conversion
+
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS += \
diff --git a/lib/hdb/Makefile.am b/lib/hdb/Makefile.am
index 84071a79c..5dfc28e6e 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/hdb/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 
+WFLAGS += -Wno-error=enum-conversion
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS += -I../asn1 -I$(srcdir)/../asn1
 AM_CPPFLAGS += $(INCLUDE_openldap) -DHDB_DB_DIR=\"$(DIR_hdbdir)\"
 AM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(srcdir)/../krb5
diff --git a/lib/kafs/Makefile.am b/lib/kafs/Makefile.am
index dd23aef76..22c53ff8e 100644
--- a/lib/kafs/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/kafs/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 
+WFLAGS += -Wno-error=enum-conversion
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS += $(AFS_EXTRA_DEFS) $(ROKEN_RENAME)
 
 if KRB5
diff --git a/lib/krb5/Makefile.am b/lib/krb5/Makefile.am
index 99171e727..a13c855a4 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/krb5/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 
+WFLAGS += -Wno-error=enum-conversion
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS += -I../com_err -I$(srcdir)/../com_err $(INCLUDE_sqlite3) $(INCLUDE_libintl) $(INCLUDE_openssl_crypto)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = verify_krb5_conf