diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0a55c20252..03157c7378 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1204,6 +1204,7 @@ gcc_flags="-Wformat-security -Wformat-y2k -Winit-self -Wignored-qualifiers $gcc_
 gcc_flags="-Wmissing-include-dirs -Wempty-body -Wnested-externs $gcc_flags"
 gcc_flags="-Wendif-labels $gcc_flags"
 gcc_flags="-Wno-initializer-overrides $gcc_flags"
+gcc_flags="-Wno-string-plus-int $gcc_flags"
 # Note that we do not add -Werror to gcc_flags here, because that would
 # enable it for all configure tests. If a configure test failed due
 # to -Werror this would just silently disable some features,