diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 1516a9f7af3..386d9ab6c9c 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ filesystem_includes = ['linux/magic.h',
 check_filesystems = find_program('check-filesystems.sh')
 r = run_command([check_filesystems, cpp, files('filesystems-gperf.gperf')] + filesystem_includes, check: false)
 if r.returncode() != 0
-        error('Unknown filesystems defined in kernel headers:\n\n' + r.stdout())
+        warning('Unknown filesystems defined in kernel headers:\n\n' + r.stdout())
 endif
 
 filesystems_gperf_h = custom_target(