diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dfacc7a..72c1a55 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -91,6 +91,26 @@ ext_py_mods = [Extension('setools.policyrep._qpol',
                           'libqpol/policy_scan.c'],
                          include_dirs=['libqpol', 'libqpol/include'],
                          libraries=['bz2', 'selinux', 'sepol'],
+                         extra_compile_args=['-Werror', '-Wextra',
+                                             '-Waggregate-return',
+                                             '-Wcast-align',
+                                             '-Wfloat-equal',
+                                             '-Wformat', '-Wformat=2',
+                                             '-Winit-self', '-Winline',
+                                             '-Wmissing-format-attribute',
+                                             '-Wmissing-include-dirs',
+                                             '-Wnested-externs',
+                                             '-Wold-style-definition',
+                                             '-Wpointer-arith',
+                                             '-Wredundant-decls',
+                                             '-Wstrict-prototypes',
+                                             '-Wunknown-pragmas',
+                                             '-Wwrite-strings',
+                                             '-Wno-missing-field-initializers', # SWIG 3.0.2 generates partially-initialized structs
+                                             '-Wno-unused-parameter', # SWIG generates functions with unused parameters
+                                             '-Wno-cast-qual', # libsepol/libselinux uses const-to-nonconst casts
+                                             '-Wno-shadow', # SWIG generates shadow variables
+                                             '-fno-exceptions'],
                          extra_link_args=['-Wl,--version-script=libqpol/libqpol.map',
                                           '/usr/lib/libsepol.a'],
                          swig_opts=['-Ilibqpol/include'])]