diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a15e44e..45a07e7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ before_script:
 
 script:
  - make check
+
+env:
+  global:
+   - CFLAGS="-Wno-unused-result"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3a11a2f..e0017d9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_SETUID], [test x"$enable_setuid" = x"yes"])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([developer-warnings],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-developer-warnings],
 	[enable strict warnings (default is NO)]),
-    [CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-qual -Wshadow -Wno-unused-result"])
+    [CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-qual -Wshadow"])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([debugging-symbols],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-debugging-symbols],
 	[enable debugging symbols (default is NO)]),