diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 11676929cf55ad17742d37a7679a4d3e91ebb436..f50f6e2b147acd36dae6b2f2e9d30553548a19dd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ vf_cmake_args = [
     "-DUSE_METIS=ON",
     "-DUSE_MPI=ON",
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF",
-    "-DBUILD_VF_UNIT_TESTS:BOOL=ON"
+    "-DBUILD_VF_UNIT_TESTS:BOOL=ON",
+    "-DBUILD_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON"
 ]