diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh
index efccdf14182..d6f610ea1e2 100755
--- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ function install_dpdk()
         cd dpdk-stable-$1
     fi
     find ./ -type f | xargs sed -i 's/max-inline-insns-single=100/max-inline-insns-single=400/'
+    find ./ -type f | xargs sed -i 's/-Werror/-Werror -Wno-error=inline/'
     echo 'CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_FPIC=y' >>config/common_linuxapp
     sed -ri '/EXECENV_CFLAGS  = -pthread -fPIC/{s/$/\nelse ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_FPIC),y)/;s/$/\nEXECENV_CFLAGS  = -pthread -fPIC/}' mk/exec-env/linuxapp/rte.vars.mk
     make config CC=gcc T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc