diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index edca1f97ad..ea74eca610 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ GST_PKG_DEPS="glib-2.0, gobject-2.0, gmodule-no-export-2.0, gthread-2.0"
 AC_SUBST(GST_PKG_DEPS)
 
 dnl define an ERROR_CFLAGS Makefile variable
-AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS($GST_GIT, [-Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wundef -Wwrite-strings])
+AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS($GST_GIT, [-Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wundef -Wwrite-strings -Wformat-nonliteral -Wformat-security -Wold-style-definition -Wcast-align -Winline -Winit-self -Wmissing-include-dirs -Waddress -Waggregate-return -Wno-multichar -Wnested-externs])
 
 dnl define correct level for debugging messages
 AG_GST_SET_LEVEL_DEFAULT($GST_GIT)