diff --git a/config/gnu-flags b/config/gnu-flags
index 999a5b5942..2b2f3f6e98 100644
--- a/config/gnu-flags
+++ b/config/gnu-flags
@@ -237,6 +237,15 @@ case "$cc_vendor-$cc_version" in
     # Append some extra warning flags that only gcc2.95+ know about
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-long-long"
 
+    # Flags are set
+    cc_flags_set=yes
+    ;;
+
+  gcc-2.96*)
+    # -Wno-long-long to suppress the long long warnings since we want
+    # to use it though it is not in the C89 standard.
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-long-long"
+
     # Flags are set
     cc_flags_set=yes
     ;;