diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 77c9a18c3c..d5e96e95e1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6291,6 +6291,7 @@ check_cflags -Wmissing-prototypes
 check_cflags -Wno-pointer-to-int-cast
 check_cflags -Wstrict-prototypes
 check_cflags -Wempty-body
+check_cflags -Wno-bool-operation
 
 if enabled extra_warnings; then
     check_cflags -Wcast-qual