diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 343eb24c90..bf8b3ea04c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ if test "x$CXXFLAGS_overridden" = "xno"; then
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wrange-loop-analysis],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wrange-loop-analysis"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wredundant-decls],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wredundant-decls"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wunused-variable],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wunused-variable"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
+  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wunused-member-function],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wunused-member-function"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wdate-time],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wdate-time"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wconditional-uninitialized],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wconditional-uninitialized"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wsign-compare],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wsign-compare"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])