diff --git a/drivers/Spectrum-MI40xxSeries/CMakeLists.txt b/drivers/Spectrum-MI40xxSeries/CMakeLists.txt
index 69b8acd..4041124 100644
--- a/drivers/Spectrum-MI40xxSeries/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/drivers/Spectrum-MI40xxSeries/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ if(EXISTS ${MITGZ})
 		COMMAND tar xfvz ${MITGZ}
 		COMMAND cp -v ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/linux/src_all/micx_drv/makefile.kernel26 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/linux/src_all/micx_drv/Makefile
 		COMMAND sed -i "s/Wno-deprecated-declarations/w/" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/linux/src_all/micx_drv/Makefile
+		# fails on jessie
+		COMMAND sed -i "s/-Wno-error=date-time//g" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/linux/src_all/micx_drv/Makefile
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 		COMMENT "Unpacking Spectrum driver tarball"
         VERBATIM)