diff --git a/ares/m4/cares-compilers.m4 b/ares/m4/cares-compilers.m4
index ac4fc07e9ff958db31b94c70a78e5393918016d3..c1ad12bc4e38f935b6fd97ee4c75bc3ad0e508b4 100644
--- a/ares/m4/cares-compilers.m4
+++ b/ares/m4/cares-compilers.m4
@@ -700,7 +700,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([CARES_SET_COMPILER_WARNING_OPTS], [
         #
         if test "$want_warnings" = "yes"; then
           dnl Issue all warnings
-          tmp_CFLAGS="$tmp_CFLAGS +w1"
+          dnl tmp_CFLAGS="$tmp_CFLAGS +w1"
+          dnl Due to the HP-UX socklen_t issue it is insane to use the +w1
+          dnl warning level. Until the issue is somehow fixed we will just
+          dnl use the +w2 warning level.
+          tmp_CFLAGS="$tmp_CFLAGS +w2"
         fi
         ;;
         #
diff --git a/m4/curl-compilers.m4 b/m4/curl-compilers.m4
index 60e0c98f7db3f824c4dc8010d39e3a45a25e9b5b..0be683e048e112380fa3155a473682f9d771c4b4 100644
--- a/m4/curl-compilers.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-compilers.m4
@@ -706,7 +706,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([CURL_SET_COMPILER_WARNING_OPTS], [
         #
         if test "$want_warnings" = "yes"; then
           dnl Issue all warnings
-          tmp_CFLAGS="$tmp_CFLAGS +w1"
+          dnl tmp_CFLAGS="$tmp_CFLAGS +w1"
+          dnl Due to the HP-UX socklen_t issue it is insane to use the +w1
+          dnl warning level. Until the issue is somehow fixed we will just
+          dnl use the +w2 warning level.
+          tmp_CFLAGS="$tmp_CFLAGS +w2"
         fi
         ;;
         #