diff --git a/packages/solidity/EthCompilerSettings.cmake.patch b/packages/solidity/EthCompilerSettings.cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d62f3d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/solidity/EthCompilerSettings.cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
+index 3bcdad47b..e7d2a82b8 100644
+--- a/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
++++ b/cmake/EthCompilerSettings.cmake
+@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ if (("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU") OR ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MA
+ 	# to fix warnings as they arise, so they don't accumulate "to be fixed later".
+ 	add_compile_options(-Wall)
+ 	add_compile_options(-Wextra)
+-	add_compile_options(-Werror)
+ 	add_compile_options(-pedantic)
+ 	add_compile_options(-Wno-unknown-pragmas)
+ 	add_compile_options(-Wimplicit-fallthrough)