diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb57f3ed..65d807d0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ endif()
 add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wall)
 add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wextra)
 add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wshadow)
-add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Werror)
+add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Werror RELEASE)
+add_cxx_compiler_flag(-pedantic)
 add_cxx_compiler_flag(-pedantic-errors)
 add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wshorten-64-to-32)
 add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wfloat-equal)