diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f557482c18..e20bb064a4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2978,6 +2978,7 @@ check_cflags -Wdeclaration-after-statement
 check_cflags -Wall
 check_cflags -Wno-parentheses
 check_cflags -Wno-switch
+check_cflags -Wno-format-zero-length
 check_cflags -Wdisabled-optimization
 check_cflags -Wpointer-arith
 check_cflags -Wredundant-decls