diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b681f3f6d..6046b0561 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ fi
 if test "x$CXXFLAGS_overridden" = "xno"; then
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wall],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wall"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wextra],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wextra"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
+  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wgnu],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wgnu"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wformat],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wformat"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wvla],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wvla"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wswitch],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wswitch"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])