diff --git a/module.cpp b/module.cpp
index 4b780048..3ea11e9a 100644
--- a/module.cpp
+++ b/module.cpp
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ Module::writeOutput(OutputType outputType, const char *outFileName,
     // "Debug Info Version" constant to the module. LLVM will ignore
     // our Debug Info metadata without it.
     if (g->generateDebuggingSymbols == true) {
-        module->addModuleFlag(llvm::Module::Error, "Debug Info Version", llvm::DEBUG_METADATA_VERSION);
+        module->addModuleFlag(llvm::Module::Warning, "Debug Info Version", llvm::DEBUG_METADATA_VERSION);
     }
 #endif