diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 0056405..8608c06 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@
 
 # CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are for the users to override from the command line.
 
-CFLAGS = $(M64) -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -std=gnu99 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Werror -O6
+#
+# Include saner warnings here, which can catch bugs:
+#
+EXTRA_WARNINGS = -Wcast-align -Wformat=2 -Wshadow -Winit-self -Wpacked -Wredundant-decls -Wstack-protector -Wstrict-aliasing=3 -Wswitch-default -Wswitch-enum -Wno-system-headers -Wundef -Wvolatile-register-var -Wwrite-strings -Wbad-function-cast -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wold-style-definition -Wstrict-prototypes -Wdeclaration-after-statement
+
+CFLAGS = $(M64) -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -Werror -O6 $(EXTRA_WARNINGS)
 LDFLAGS = -lpthread -lrt -lelf -lm
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
 ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)