diff --git a/accessibility/espeak/espeak.SlackBuild b/accessibility/espeak/espeak.SlackBuild
index 384550d406..fb2d960c0c 100644
--- a/accessibility/espeak/espeak.SlackBuild
+++ b/accessibility/espeak/espeak.SlackBuild
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ cd src
     ln -s portaudio$( pkg-config --modversion portaudio-2.0 ).h portaudio.h
   fi
 
+  SLKCFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -Wno-narrowing"
   make LIBDIR=/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" $EXTRAMAKEFLAGS
   make install LIBDIR=/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX DESTDIR=$PKG $EXTRAMAKEFLAGS
   rm -f $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/*.a # guidelines say no static libs