diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a6d3afdd6..f7fcea046 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ common_flags = [
   '-Wno-pedantic',
   '-Wdeprecated-declarations',
   '-Wunused-result',
+  '-Werror=return-type',
 ]
 
 cc_flags = common_flags + [