diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cfac69eff8..c7f9b163df 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2430,7 +2430,7 @@ elif test -z "$CFLAGS" ; then
   elif test "$cc_vendor" != "gnu" ; then
     CFLAGS="-O2 $_march $_mcpu $_pipe"
   else
-    CFLAGS="-Wall -Wno-switch -Wpointer-arith -Wredundant-decls -O2 $_march $_mcpu $_pipe -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer"
+    CFLAGS="-Wall -Wno-switch -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wredundant-decls -O2 $_march $_mcpu $_pipe -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer"
     extra_ldflags="$extra_ldflags -ffast-math"
   fi
 else