diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ed4a7df88aa517e5ca84e6b852dfdca8c6007e4..a77ba6851fe28305b68c77ecf4a53145245ab67f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ if(_LINTING)
     add_compiler_flag("-Wall")
     add_compiler_flag("-Wextra")
     add_compiler_flag("-pedantic")
-    # add_compiler_flag("-Werror") # removed until issue #71 is resolved
+    add_compiler_flag("-Werror") # removed until issue #71 is resolved
 
     message(STATUS "PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS: [${PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}]")
     set(TARGET_LINKAHEAD_COMPILE_FLAGS "${TARGET_LINKAHEAD_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${PEDANTIC_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")