diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e915aacd02b0..235d68fa1470 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1650,6 +1650,7 @@ help:
 	@echo  '		1: warnings which may be relevant and do not occur too often'
 	@echo  '		2: warnings which occur quite often but may still be relevant'
 	@echo  '		3: more obscure warnings, can most likely be ignored'
+	@echo  '		e: warnings are being treated as errors'
 	@echo  '		Multiple levels can be combined with W=12 or W=123'
 	@echo  ''
 	@echo  'Execute "make" or "make all" to build all targets marked with [*] '
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index 650d0b8ceec3..f5f0d6f09053 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # ==========================================================================
 # make W=... settings
 #
-# There are three warning groups enabled by W=1, W=2, W=3.
-# They are independent, and can be combined like W=12 or W=123.
+# There are four warning groups enabled by W=1, W=2, W=3, and W=e
+# They are independent, and can be combined like W=12 or W=123e.
 # ==========================================================================
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, packed-not-aligned)
@@ -94,3 +94,12 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wpacked-bitfield-compat)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DKBUILD_EXTRA_WARN3
 
 endif
+
+#
+# W=e - error out on warnings
+#
+ifneq ($(findstring e, $(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN)),)
+
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Werror
+
+endif