diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3082916b..275576bd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ if test "x$CFLAGS" = "x" ; then
     JE_CFLAGS_APPEND([-Wall])
     JE_CFLAGS_APPEND([-Werror=declaration-after-statement])
     JE_CFLAGS_APPEND([-Wshorten-64-to-32])
+    JE_CFLAGS_APPEND([-Wsign-compare])
     JE_CFLAGS_APPEND([-pipe])
     JE_CFLAGS_APPEND([-g3])
   elif test "x$je_cv_msvc" = "xyes" ; then