diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6648035709..1408689d3b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4452,6 +4452,7 @@ elif enabled gcc; then
     check_cflags -Werror=return-type
     check_cflags -Werror=declaration-after-statement
     check_cflags -Werror=vla
+    check_cflags -Werror=format-security
     enabled extra_warnings || check_disable_warning -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
 elif enabled llvm_gcc; then
     check_cflags -mllvm -stack-alignment=16