diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e99a583db9d4a7a2827ac7537430106d77ca46f1..f8d4164519a243e321fd789dc2ea9a1681513fc9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Dynare Team
+dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Dynare Team
 dnl
 dnl This file is part of Dynare.
 dnl
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ esac
 # Use C++ for testing headers
 AC_LANG([C++])
 
-CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wall"
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wall -Wno-parentheses"
 
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 
diff --git a/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac b/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac
index 319772ed4f404bd616bbe49e9084f7339ee235fd..ede78fe44ea946455de361d91b7b50de45362c84 100644
--- a/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac
+++ b/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Dynare Team
+dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Dynare Team
 dnl
 dnl This file is part of Dynare.
 dnl
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ case ${host_os} in
     ;;
 esac
 
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wno-parentheses"
 FFLAGS="$FFLAGS -Wall"
-CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wall"
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wall -Wno-parentheses"
 
 AC_PROG_F77
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_FORT], [test "x$F77" != "x"])
diff --git a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
index 3addfe3a46d7c6bed22a9b9b06ddd2462362fd8f..fdd1e35e6e6dc7c04ee2f8a30aafd64cc3fcad73 100644
--- a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
+++ b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Dynare Team
+dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Dynare Team
 dnl
 dnl This file is part of Dynare.
 dnl
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ if test "x$MKOCTFILE" != "x"; then
   CXXFLAGS=`$MKOCTFILE -p CXXFLAGS`
 fi
 
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Wno-parentheses"
 FFLAGS="$FFLAGS -Wall"
-CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wall"
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wall -Wno-parentheses"
 
 AC_PROG_F77
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_FORT], [test "x$F77" != "x"])