diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 504157bc..1b23d271 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ then
 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined"
 fi
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(werror,
+	[AS_HELP_STRING(
+		[--enable-werror],
+		[Turn all compiler warnings into errors, with exceptions:
+		 a) deprecation (allow upstream to mark deprecation without breaking builds);
+		 b) "#warning" pragmas (allow to remind ourselves of errors without breaking builds)
+		]
+	)],
+	[werror=$enableval], [werror="no"])
+if test x"$werror" = x"yes"
+then
+	WERROR_FLAGS="-Werror"
+	WERROR_FLAGS+=" -Wno-error=deprecated -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
+	WERROR_FLAGS+=" -Wno-error=cpp" # "#warning"
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $WERROR_FLAGS"
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $WERROR_FLAGS"
+fi
+
 # The following test is taken from WebKit's webkit.m4
 saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden "
@@ -158,6 +176,9 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable VTY/CTRL tests])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_ext_tests])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_EXT_TESTS, test "x$enable_ext_tests" = "xyes")
 
+AC_MSG_RESULT([CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"])
+
 dnl Generate the output
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(bscconfig.h)