diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 522a7493bd..02945486e4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ fi
 # *******************************************
 # * figure out the configure options:
 # cflags=-O2 
-cflags=-g
+cflags=-g -Wall
 lflags=-O2
 # Check whether --enable-debug or --disable-debug was given.
 if test "${enable_debug+set}" = set; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5021df6aeb..9e8f7fc57d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_INIT(src/motif/main.c)
 # *******************************************
 # * figure out the configure options:
 # cflags=-O2 
-cflags=-g
+cflags=-g -Wall
 lflags=-O2
 AC_ARG_ENABLE( debug,
        [  --enable-debug          compile with debugging flags set],
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 47ec859916..c466124fc0 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ INCLPATH = -I/usr/include \
            -I./../include \
 
 
-CFLAGS   = -g 
+CFLAGS   =  
 LFLAGS   = -O2
 LIBS     = -lXpm -lXm -lXmu -lXt -lXext  -lSM -lICE -lX11  -lpng -ljpeg -lz -lm
 
diff --git a/src/engine/Makefile b/src/engine/Makefile
index 8c1eb92338..83bb79dcfb 100644
--- a/src/engine/Makefile
+++ b/src/engine/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ INCLPATH = -I/usr/include \
            -I./../../include \
            -I./../..
 
-CFLAGS   = -g 
+CFLAGS   =  
 LFLAGS   = -O2
 LIBS     = -lXpm -lXm -lXmu -lXt -lXext  -lSM -lICE -lX11  -lpng -ljpeg -lz -lm
 LIBPATH  = -L/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib 
diff --git a/src/gnome/Makefile b/src/gnome/Makefile
index 87a91a0a20..d2ab148a8a 100644
--- a/src/gnome/Makefile
+++ b/src/gnome/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ INCLPATH = -I/usr/include \
 # and general brokenness
 #           -I./../../lib/libhtmlw 
 
-CFLAGS   = -g
+CFLAGS   = 
 LFLAGS   = -O2
 # LIBS     = -lXpm -lXm -lXmu -lXt -lXext  -lSM -lICE -lX11  -lpng -ljpeg -lz -lm
 LIBS     = -lgtk -lgdk -lglib -lXpm -lXext -lXmu -lXt -lXext  -lSM -lICE -lX11  -lpng -ljpeg -lz -lm
diff --git a/src/register/Makefile b/src/register/Makefile
index febf972d58..13b11201ce 100644
--- a/src/register/Makefile
+++ b/src/register/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ INCLPATH = -I/usr/include \
            -I./../../lib/ComboBox-1.33 \
            -I./../../lib/Xbae-4.6.2-linas 
 
-CFLAGS   = -g  -DCELL_WIDGETS=1
+CFLAGS   =   -DCELL_WIDGETS=1
 LFLAGS   = -O2
 LIBS     = -lXpm -lXm -lXmu -lXt -lXext  -lSM -lICE -lX11  -lpng -ljpeg -lz -lm
 LIBPATH  = -L/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib