diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cad26928..257f6df7b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -O2 -Wall -Wextra -W -Wdeclaration-after-statement")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g3 -O0")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_COVERAGE "-g3 -O0 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -lgcov")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_CHECK "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wlogical-op -Wwrite-strings -Werror")
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_CHECK "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Werror -Wlogical-op -Wwrite-strings")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_CHECKFULL "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_CHECK} -Wcast-qual")
 endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
 
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_CLANG)
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -O2 -Wall -Wextra -W -Wdeclaration-after-statement")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g3 -O0")
-  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_CHECK "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdocumentation -Werror")
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_CHECK "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Werror -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdocumentation")
 endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_CLANG)
 
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}