diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 05c068d4b13..55a6afea1b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build & Install
       run: |
         ./configure --dim 2 --with-fortran no --comp llvm --with-mpi no
-        make -j2 WARN_ALL=TRUE
+        make -j2 WARN_ALL=TRUE WARN_ERROR=TRUE
         make install
 
   # Build 3D libamrex with configure
@@ -219,5 +219,5 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build & Install
       run: |
         ./configure --dim 3 --enable-eb yes --enable-xsdk-defaults yes
-        make -j2 WARN_ALL=TRUE
+        make -j2 WARN_ALL=TRUE WARN_ERROR=TRUE
         make install
diff --git a/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/BuildingAMReX.rst b/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/BuildingAMReX.rst
index 32cd90fe7c2..7b3bc469112 100644
--- a/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/BuildingAMReX.rst
+++ b/Docs/sphinx_documentation/source/BuildingAMReX.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ If enabled, the library path at link time will be saved as a
 When disabled, dynamic library paths could be provided via ``export LD_LIBRARY_PATH``
 hints at runtime.
 
-For GCC and Clang, the variable ``WARN_ALL`` controls the compiler's warning options.
+For GCC and Clang, the variable ``WARN_ALL`` controls the compiler's warning options.  There is
+also a make variable ``WARN_ERROR`` (with default of ``FALSE``) to turn warnings into errors.
 
 After defining these make variables, a number of files, ``Make.defs,
 Make.package`` and ``Make.rules``, are included in the GNUmakefile. AMReX-based
diff --git a/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs b/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs
index 26e6f9461d2..5b4e89d1dff 100644
--- a/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs
+++ b/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ else
 endif
 endif
 
+ifdef WARN_ERROR
+  WARN_ERROR := $(strip $(WARN_ERROR))
+else
+  WARN_ERROR := FALSE
+endif
+
 ifdef USE_GPU_PRAGMA
   USE_GPU_PRAGMA := $(strip $(USE_GPU_PRAGMA))
   GPU_PRAGMA_NO_HOST_VERSION ?= FALSE
diff --git a/Tools/GNUMake/comps/gnu.mak b/Tools/GNUMake/comps/gnu.mak
index 08ea1bc4e0c..e609463d6b7 100644
--- a/Tools/GNUMake/comps/gnu.mak
+++ b/Tools/GNUMake/comps/gnu.mak
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ ifeq ($(WARN_ALL),TRUE)
   CFLAGS += $(warning_flags)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(WARN_ERROR),TRUE)
+  CXXFLAGS += -Werror
+  CFLAGS += -Werror
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(USE_GPROF),TRUE)
   CXXFLAGS += -pg
   CFLAGS += -pg
diff --git a/Tools/GNUMake/comps/llvm.mak b/Tools/GNUMake/comps/llvm.mak
index b8ad8cc3e90..74429485819 100644
--- a/Tools/GNUMake/comps/llvm.mak
+++ b/Tools/GNUMake/comps/llvm.mak
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ ifeq ($(WARN_ALL),TRUE)
   CFLAGS += $(warning_flags)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(WARN_ERROR),TRUE)
+  CXXFLAGS += -Werror
+  CFLAGS += -Werror
+endif
+
 ########################################################################
 
 ifdef CXXSTD