diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocr-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c954d20bb..bb283f1e27 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ set ( BUILD_VERSION_STRING "${BUILD_VERSION_MAJOR}.${BUILD_VERSION_MINOR}.${BUIL
 set ( CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE on )
 
 ## Compiler flags
-set ( CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-fPIC -W -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-parameter -Wformat-security -Wswitch-default -Wundef -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-qual -Wlogical-op -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wunreachable-code -std=gnu99 -fvisibility=hidden -O2" )
+set ( CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-fPIC -W -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wformat-security -Wswitch-default -Wundef -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-qual -Wlogical-op -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wunreachable-code -std=gnu99 -fvisibility=hidden -O2" )
+if ( "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}" STRGREATER "4.8.0")
+    set ( CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Werror" )
+endif ()
+
 
 set ( HSAKMT_LINKER_SCRIPT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/libhsakmt.ver" )