diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8e7bb242e2..f7199793fa 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1786,6 +1786,7 @@ check_cflags -Wredundant-decls
 check_cflags -Wno-pointer-sign
 check_cflags -Wcast-qual
 check_cflags -Wwrite-strings
+check_cflags -Wtype-limits
 enabled extra_warnings && check_cflags -Winline
 
 # add some linker flags