diff --git a/infer/bin/inferlib.py b/infer/bin/inferlib.py
index 0c6464a68..9f9ecb9e5 100644
--- a/infer/bin/inferlib.py
+++ b/infer/bin/inferlib.py
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ def get_javac_args(args):
         return None
     else:
         # replace any -g:.* flag with -g to preserve debugging symbols
-        return map(lambda arg: '-g' if '-g:' in arg else arg, javac_args)
+        args = map(lambda arg: '-g' if '-g:' in arg else arg, javac_args)
+        # skip -Werror
+        args = filter(lambda arg: arg != '-Werror', args)
+        return args
 
 
 def remove_infer_out(infer_out):