diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index 7de0d17b5ea..a770a9d7973 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -1343,3 +1343,19 @@ config KERNEL_UBIFS_FS_SECURITY
 
 config KERNEL_JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
 	bool "JFFS2 Security Labels"
+
+config KERNEL_WERROR
+	bool "Compile the kernel with warnings as errors"
+	default BUILDBOT
+	default y if GCC_USE_VERSION_12
+	help
+	  A kernel build should not cause any compiler warnings, and this
+	  enables the '-Werror' (for C) and '-Dwarnings' (for Rust) flags
+	  to enforce that rule by default. Certain warnings from other tools
+	  such as the linker may be upgraded to errors with this option as
+	  well.
+
+	  However, if you have a new (or very old) compiler or linker with odd
+	  and unusual warnings, or you have some architecture with problems,
+	  you may need to disable this config option in order to
+	  successfully build the kernel.
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-5.15 b/target/linux/generic/config-5.15
index 251a6fbcc32..a7308ede9d8 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-5.15
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-5.15
@@ -7472,7 +7472,7 @@ CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT=0
 # CONFIG_WD80x3 is not set
 # CONFIG_WDAT_WDT is not set
 # CONFIG_WDTPCI is not set
-CONFIG_WERROR=y
+# CONFIG_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_WEXT_CORE is not set
 # CONFIG_WEXT_PRIV is not set
 # CONFIG_WEXT_PROC is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-6.1 b/target/linux/generic/config-6.1
index 956738afe8e..8bf9d4a3d85 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-6.1
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-6.1
@@ -7731,7 +7731,7 @@ CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT=0
 # CONFIG_WD80x3 is not set
 # CONFIG_WDAT_WDT is not set
 # CONFIG_WDTPCI is not set
-CONFIG_WERROR=y
+# CONFIG_WERROR is not set
 # CONFIG_WEXT_CORE is not set
 # CONFIG_WEXT_PRIV is not set
 # CONFIG_WEXT_PROC is not set