diff --git a/pystencils_benchmark/templates/Clang.mk b/pystencils_benchmark/templates/Clang.mk
index 96296cc6d0aff6545ee8457aa601c86265b868a4..15bfe63d81ddcb58dd44b054dc8e477c435fb12c 100644
--- a/pystencils_benchmark/templates/Clang.mk
+++ b/pystencils_benchmark/templates/Clang.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CFLAGS   = -O3 -Wno-format -Wall -Werror $(ANSI_CFLAGS) -fopenmp -march=native
 # Maybe too much warnings
 #CFLAGS   += -Wcast-qual -Wswitch-default -Wconversion -Wunreachable-code
 # Specific C flags
-CFLAGS   := $(CFLAGS) -Wstrict-prototypes
+CFLAGS   := $(CFLAGS) -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-error=strict-prototypes
 LFLAGS   = -fopenmp=libomp
 DEFINES  = -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG
 INCLUDES =
diff --git a/pystencils_benchmark/templates/GCC.mk b/pystencils_benchmark/templates/GCC.mk
index a65ec464c663bfe23a90e5756203ede9eeb4d8de..7dccdfc1f6b35e8630e21966b3a35aaf35fa8841 100644
--- a/pystencils_benchmark/templates/GCC.mk
+++ b/pystencils_benchmark/templates/GCC.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CFLAGS   = -O3 -Wno-format -Wall -Werror $(ANSI_CFLAGS) -fopenmp -march=native
 # Maybe too much warnings
 #CFLAGS   += -Wcast-qual -Wswitch-default -Wconversion -Wunreachable-code
 # Specific C flags
-CFLAGS   := $(CFLAGS) -Wstrict-prototypes
+CFLAGS   := $(CFLAGS) -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-error=strict-prototypes
 LFLAGS   = -fopenmp
 DEFINES  = -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG
 INCLUDES =