diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 45c939ef..5dca51ab 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -664,8 +664,11 @@ else
 	#
 	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fexceptions"
     fi
-       
-    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -pedantic -W -Wformat -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wuninitialized -Wparentheses -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wredundant-decls" 
+
+    # warnings we'd like to see
+    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -pedantic -W -Wformat -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wuninitialized -Wparentheses -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wredundant-decls"
+    # warnings we'd like to supress
+    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wno-long-long"
     case "${host}" in
           alpha*-*-linux* )
 	       CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -mieee"