diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e746c6b29c..b983a9c213 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // latest bitflags triggers a rustc bug with cross-crate macro expansions causing dead_code
 // warnings even though the macro expands into something with allow(dead_code)
 #![allow(dead_code)]
-#![deny(warnings)]
+#![cfg_attr(test, deny(warnings))]
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate bitflags;