diff --git a/config.mak.dev b/config.mak.dev
index 3126a5364d..022fb58218 100644
--- a/config.mak.dev
+++ b/config.mak.dev
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ifeq ($(filter no-error,$(DEVOPTS)),)
 DEVELOPER_CFLAGS += -Werror
+SPARSE_FLAGS += -Wsparse-error
 endif
 ifneq ($(filter pedantic,$(DEVOPTS)),)
 DEVELOPER_CFLAGS += -pedantic