diff --git a/options.pri b/options.pri
index 02f00fc..bdec39b 100644
--- a/options.pri
+++ b/options.pri
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -isystem $$[QT_INSTALL_HEADERS] -std=c++11
-CONFIG(debug, debug|release): QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON += -Wall -W -Wextra -Werror -Wno-error
+CONFIG(debug, debug|release): QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON += -Wall -W -Wextra -Werror
 CONFIG(debug, debug|release): QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
diff --git a/protobuf.pri b/protobuf.pri
index 58cb08c..4d5bf32 100644
--- a/protobuf.pri
+++ b/protobuf.pri
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Qt qmake integration with Google Protocol Buffers compiler protoc
+# Author: Srivats P.
 # 
 # To compile protocol buffers with qt qmake, specify PROTOS variable and
 # include this file
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ PROTOPATH += .
 PROTOPATHS = 
 for(p, PROTOPATH):PROTOPATHS += --proto_path=$${p}
 
+PROTO_CC += $$replace(PROTOS, \.proto, .pb.cc)
+
 protobuf_decl.name  = protobuf header
 protobuf_decl.input = PROTOS
 protobuf_decl.output  = ${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.pb.h
@@ -29,5 +32,20 @@ protobuf_impl.input = PROTOS
 protobuf_impl.output  = ${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.pb.cc
 protobuf_impl.depends  = ${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.pb.h
 protobuf_impl.commands = $$escape_expand(\\n)
-protobuf_impl.variable_out = GENERATED_SOURCES
+protobuf_impl.variable_out = GENERATED_FILES
 QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += protobuf_impl 
+
+# protobuf generated code emits compiler warnings, so use -Wno-error to
+# compile 'em; if and when protobuf generates clean code, make the following
+# changes -
+# - protobuf_impl.variable_out = GENERATED_FILES
+# + protobuf_impl.variable_out = GENERATED_SOURCES
+# - QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += protobuf_cc
+# - #QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += protobuf_cc
+protobuf_cc.name = protobuf cc compilation
+protobuf_cc.input = PROTO_CC
+protobuf_cc.output = ${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.o
+protobuf_cc.dependency_type = TYPE_C
+protobuf_cc.commands = $(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) -Wno-error $(INCPATH) -o ${QMAKE_FILE_OUT} ${QMAKE_FILE_IN}
+protobuf_cc.variable_out = OBJECTS
+QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += protobuf_cc