diff --git a/sysutils/gnome-power-manager/Makefile b/sysutils/gnome-power-manager/Makefile
index 642100d8b161..2e44725d154d 100644
--- a/sysutils/gnome-power-manager/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/gnome-power-manager/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.25 2012/06/14 07:43:51 sbd Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.26 2012/06/28 11:13:06 obache Exp $
 #
 
 DISTNAME=	gnome-power-manager-2.24.4
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ BUILDLINK_TRANSFORM+=   rm:-lresolv
 CFLAGS+=	-Wno-tautological-compare
 .endif
 
+# using deprecated g_atexit in glib2.
+BUILDLINK_TRANSFORM+=	rm:-Werror
+
 .include "../../devel/GConf/schemas.mk"
 .include "../../devel/libgnomeui/buildlink3.mk"
 .include "../../graphics/hicolor-icon-theme/buildlink3.mk"