diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b8b14ff364..ce605c7ca6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-11-11  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
+
+	* configure.in: added -Winit-self and -Wpointer-arith to CFLAGS.
+
 2006-11-11  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/tools/gimpselectiontool.c
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 65770aa8c3..7adb48defc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -322,6 +322,12 @@ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $extra_warnings"
 GIMP_DETECT_CFLAGS(extra_warnings, '-Wmissing-declarations')
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $extra_warnings"
 
+GIMP_DETECT_CFLAGS(extra_warnings, '-Winit-self')
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $extra_warnings"
+
+GIMP_DETECT_CFLAGS(extra_warnings, '-Wpointer-arith')
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $extra_warnings"
+
 
 # Ensure MSVC-compatible struct packing convention is used when
 # compiling for Win32 with gcc.