diff --git a/common b/common
index 11f0cd5a3f..17fa4abf49 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 11f0cd5a3fba36f85cf3e434150bfe66b1bf08d4
+Subproject commit 17fa4abf49d31cf5dcc2994bdbaa86e45a3fb69f
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0a35b0be54..d7b3460c39 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ AG_GST_GETTEXT([gst-plugins-bad-$GST_MAJORMINOR])
 
 dnl *** check for arguments to configure ***
 
+AG_GST_ARG_DISABLE_FATAL_WARNINGS
+
 AG_GST_ARG_DEBUG
 AG_GST_ARG_PROFILING
 AG_GST_ARG_VALGRIND
@@ -274,14 +276,14 @@ AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME_WITH_NANO([$PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO],
 dnl define an ERROR_CFLAGS Makefile variable
 dnl -Waggregate-return - libexif returns aggregates
 dnl -Wundef - Windows headers check _MSC_VER unconditionally
-AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS($GST_GIT, [
+AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS($FATAL_WARNINGS, [
     -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls
     -Wwrite-strings -Wformat-security -Wold-style-definition
     -Winit-self -Wmissing-include-dirs -Waddress -Wno-multichar
     -Wnested-externs])
 
 dnl define an ERROR_CXXFLAGS Makefile variable
-AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CXXFLAGS($GST_GIT, [
+AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CXXFLAGS($FATAL_WARNINGS, [
     -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls
     -Wwrite-strings -Wformat-nonliteral -Wformat-security
     -Winit-self -Wmissing-include-dirs -Waddress -Wno-multichar ])