diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5dc274fc..da94e969 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([gcc-warnings],
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_GCC_WARNINGS], [test "$enable_gcc_warnings" = yes])
 if test "$enable_gcc_warnings" = yes; then
   warn_common='-Wall -Wextra -Wno-sign-compare -Wcast-align -Wdocumentation
-    -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings'
+    -Wformat -Wnull-dereference -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings'
   warn_c='-Wbad-function-cast -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes'
   warn_cxx='-Wnoexcept'
   # Warnings for the test suite only.
diff --git a/data/glr.c b/data/glr.c
index 4fe24913..f70069ea 100644
--- a/data/glr.c
+++ b/data/glr.c
@@ -2086,6 +2086,7 @@ yyreportSyntaxError (yyGLRStack* yystackp]b4_user_formals[)
       case N:                           \
         yyformat = S;                   \
       break
+    default: /* Avoid compiler warnings. */
       YYCASE_(0, YY_("syntax error"));
       YYCASE_(1, YY_("syntax error, unexpected %s"));
       YYCASE_(2, YY_("syntax error, unexpected %s, expecting %s"));
diff --git a/data/lalr1.cc b/data/lalr1.cc
index 4b071d08..3013570e 100644
--- a/data/lalr1.cc
+++ b/data/lalr1.cc
@@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ b4_error_verbose_if([state_type yystate, const symbol_type& yyla],
         case N:                               \
           yyformat = S;                       \
         break
+      default: // Avoid compiler warnings.
         YYCASE_ (0, YY_("syntax error"));
         YYCASE_ (1, YY_("syntax error, unexpected %s"));
         YYCASE_ (2, YY_("syntax error, unexpected %s, expecting %s"));
diff --git a/data/yacc.c b/data/yacc.c
index e974319f..8e03c32f 100644
--- a/data/yacc.c
+++ b/data/yacc.c
@@ -1207,6 +1207,7 @@ yysyntax_error (YYSIZE_T *yymsg_alloc, char **yymsg,
       case N:                               \
         yyformat = S;                       \
       break
+    default: /* Avoid compiler warnings. */
       YYCASE_(0, YY_("syntax error"));
       YYCASE_(1, YY_("syntax error, unexpected %s"));
       YYCASE_(2, YY_("syntax error, unexpected %s, expecting %s"));