diff --git a/srcpkgs/wvstreams/template b/srcpkgs/wvstreams/template
index db8f89a2337..57426742a2d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wvstreams/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wvstreams/template
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ makedepends="libressl-devel zlib-devel"
 checksum=8403f5fbf83aa9ac0c6ce15d97fd85607488152aa84e007b7d0621b8ebc07633
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --without-dbus --without-tcl --without-qt"
 conf_files="/etc/uniconf.conf"
-
 replaces="uniconf>=0"
 
+CXXFLAGS="-Wno-narrowing"
+
 wvstreams-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} ${makedepends}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"