diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 08a850cfa..220c82748 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ if test "x$enable_werror" = "xyes"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR("enable-werror set but -Werror is not usable")
   fi
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=vla],[ERROR_CXXFLAGS="$ERROR_CXXFLAGS -Werror=vla"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
+  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=switch],[ERROR_CXXFLAGS="$ERROR_CXXFLAGS -Werror=switch"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=thread-safety-analysis],[ERROR_CXXFLAGS="$ERROR_CXXFLAGS -Werror=thread-safety-analysis"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
 fi
 
@@ -331,6 +332,7 @@ if test "x$CXXFLAGS_overridden" = "xno"; then
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wextra],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wextra"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wformat],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wformat"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wvla],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wvla"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
+  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wswitch],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wswitch"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wformat-security],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wformat-security"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wthread-safety-analysis],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wthread-safety-analysis"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wrange-loop-analysis],[WARN_CXXFLAGS="$WARN_CXXFLAGS -Wrange-loop-analysis"],,[[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])