diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0bdfb8d3..f89fdd79 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ CFLAGS += -Wno-long-long -Wall -W -Wnested-externs -Wformat=2
 CFLAGS += -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations
 CFLAGS += -Wwrite-strings -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wsign-compare
 CFLAGS += -Wundef -Wbad-function-cast -Winline -Wcast-align
+CFLAGS += -Wdeclaration-after-statement
 CPPFLAGS += -DDEBUG
 endif
 if IS_GCC4