diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 428e2d298e..9dd4489699 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2705,6 +2705,7 @@ check_cflags -Wwrite-strings
 check_cflags -Wtype-limits
 check_cflags -Wundef
 check_cflags -Wmissing-prototypes
+check_cflags -Werror=implicit
 enabled extra_warnings && check_cflags -Winline
 
 # add some linker flags