diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5007b396..700c80a20 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ mark_as_advanced(
   ZM_SYSTEMD
   ZM_MANPAGE_DEST_PREFIX)
 
+option(ENABLE_WERROR "Fail the build if a compiler warning is emitted" 0)
 option(BUILD_TEST_SUITE "Build the test suite" 0)
 option(BUILD_MAN "Build man pages" 1)
 option(ASAN "DEBUGGING: Build with AddressSanitizer (ASan) support" 0)
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake b/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake
index 1e5485001..6c5419a94 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface
     -Wimplicit-fallthrough
     -Wno-unused-parameter)
 
+if(ENABLE_WERROR)
+  target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface
+    INTERFACE
+      -Werror)
+endif()
+
 if(ASAN)
   target_compile_options(zm-compile-option-interface
     INTERFACE
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake
index 741b970ec..097270d51 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface
     -Wno-unused-parameter
     -Woverloaded-virtual)
 
+if(ENABLE_WERROR)
+  target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface
+    INTERFACE
+      -Werror)
+endif()
+
 if(ASAN)
   target_compile_options(zm-compile-option-interface
     INTERFACE