diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 44cae34fc3..3eaf14ffb2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2699,6 +2699,7 @@ check_cflags -Wcast-qual
 check_cflags -Wwrite-strings
 check_cflags -Wtype-limits
 check_cflags -Wundef
+check_cflags -Wmissing-prototypes
 enabled extra_warnings && check_cflags -Winline
 
 # add some linker flags