diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8262f5ff76..c64c4b8ac2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ possible_common_cc_flags = [
         '-Werror=return-type',
         '-Werror=shift-count-overflow',
         '-Werror=shift-overflow=2',
+        '-Werror=strict-flex-arrays',
         '-Werror=undef',
         '-Wfloat-equal',
         # gperf prevents us from enabling this because it does not emit fallthrough