diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f557482c18f1ccc67ea54dddfe86eaf46a290afc..e20bb064a472645c125a9c70ee816c546e988ca2 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