diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6673a45efa..6585e46134 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3459,11 +3459,13 @@ elif enabled gcc; then
     check_cflags -fno-tree-vectorize
     check_cflags -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
     check_cflags -Werror=missing-prototypes
+    check_cflags -Werror=return-type
 elif enabled llvm_gcc; then
     check_cflags -mllvm -stack-alignment=16
 elif enabled clang; then
     check_cflags -mllvm -stack-alignment=16
     check_cflags -Qunused-arguments
+    check_cflags -Werror=return-type
 elif enabled armcc; then
     # 2523: use of inline assembler is deprecated
     add_cflags -W${armcc_opt},--diag_suppress=2523