diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a2dfa5be3..bb8fb39b2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ dnl Checks for typedefs, structures and compiler characteristics
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=implicit], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=implicit"])
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=maybe-uninitialized], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=maybe-uninitialized"])
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=memset-transposed-args], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=memset-transposed-args"])
-AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=null-dereference], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=null-dereference"])
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wnull-dereference], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wnull-dereference"])
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=sizeof-array-argument], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=sizeof-array-argument"])
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=sizeof-pointer-memaccess], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=sizeof-pointer-memaccess"])