diff --git a/mk/spdk.fio.mk b/mk/spdk.fio.mk
index a4be136f90..fb393c349a 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.fio.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.fio.mk
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(CONFIG_FIO_SOURCE_DIR)
 # cannot use -Werror
 ifeq ($(OS),FreeBSD)
 CFLAGS += -Wno-error
+else ifeq ($(CC_TYPE),clang)
+CFLAGS += -Wno-error
 endif
 LDFLAGS += -shared -rdynamic -Wl,-z,nodelete