diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0bb97016c906f21d720d16054a0134cf04966548..07e36f8e07c052d32edfa9ef5b4d15fc34d849cf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3017,6 +3017,7 @@ check_cflags -Wwrite-strings
 check_cflags -Wtype-limits
 check_cflags -Wundef
 check_cflags -Wmissing-prototypes
+check_cflags -Wno-pointer-to-int-cast
 enabled extra_warnings && check_cflags -Winline
 
 # add some linker flags