diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8028d2c0..c70c9f6f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ TEST_AND_ADD_CFLAGS([AM_CFLAGS], [-Wformat -Wformat-security])
 TEST_AND_ADD_CFLAGS([AM_CFLAGS], [-Wmissing-declarations])
 TEST_AND_ADD_CFLAGS([AM_CFLAGS], [-Wmissing-prototypes])
 TEST_AND_ADD_CFLAGS([AM_CFLAGS], [-Wold-style-definition])
+TEST_AND_ADD_CFLAGS([AM_CFLAGS], [-Wparentheses-equality])
 TEST_AND_ADD_CFLAGS([AM_CFLAGS], [-Wshadow])
 TEST_AND_ADD_CFLAGS([AM_CFLAGS], [-Wshorten-64-to-32])
 TEST_AND_ADD_CFLAGS([AM_CFLAGS], [-Wunreachable-code])