diff --git a/srcpkgs/ht/template b/srcpkgs/ht/template
index 5ffeb647b1c..2506a2c9720 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ht/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ht/template
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ homepage="http://hte.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/hte/ht-source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=31f5e8e2ca7f85d40bb18ef518bf1a105a6f602918a0755bc649f3f407b75d70
 
+CXXFLAGS="-Wno-narrowing"
+
 pre_build() {
 	make CC="$BUILD_CC" CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" CPPFLAGS= LDFLAGS= -C tools bin2c
 }