diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb5ef7f1..02c246d0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES GNU|Clang)
                 -Wdocumentation
                 -Wduplicate-enum
                 -Wempty-translation-unit
+                -Wextra-semi-stmt
                 -Wflexible-array-extensions
                 -Wmissing-variable-declarations
                 -Wnewline-eof
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 658b91bb..30e53f21 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1360,6 +1360,7 @@ AS_IF([test "$GCC" = yes], [
 			-Wdocumentation \
 			-Wduplicate-enum \
 			-Wempty-translation-unit \
+			-Wextra-semi-stmt \
 			-Wflexible-array-extensions \
 			-Wmissing-variable-declarations \
 			-Wnewline-eof \