diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f542995dbd..9c2e7fc26f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3907,6 +3907,7 @@ check_cflags -Wundef
 check_cflags -Wmissing-prototypes
 check_cflags -Wstrict-prototypes
 enabled extra_warnings && check_cflags -Winline
+enabled extra_warnings || check_cflags -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
 
 # add some linker flags
 check_ldflags -Wl,--warn-common