diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fa5657f6bc..34ba9c7199 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1160,6 +1160,7 @@ gcc_flags="-Wold-style-declaration -Wold-style-definition -Wtype-limits"
 gcc_flags="-Wformat-security -Wformat-y2k -Winit-self -Wignored-qualifiers $gcc_flags"
 gcc_flags="-Wmissing-include-dirs -Wempty-body -Wnested-externs $gcc_flags"
 gcc_flags="-fstack-protector-all -Wendif-labels $gcc_flags"
+gcc_flags="-Wno-initializer-overrides $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,