diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1b749ef15d9260054a0647be51d8330abcd70c9e..75814daa158de4838f3d3750387e42022313efdc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ LSH_RPATH_FIX
 if test x$GCC = xyes ; then
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -ggdb3 -Wall -W \
  -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wstrict-prototypes \
- -Waggregate-return \
  -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wnested-externs"
 
 # Don't enable -Wcast-align as it results in tons of warnings in the
 # DES code. And when using stdio.
-
+# Don't enable -Waggregate-return, as that causes warnings for glibc
+# inttypes.h.
 fi
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile testsuite/Makefile examples/Makefile)