diff --git a/Tools/ardupilotwaf/boards.py b/Tools/ardupilotwaf/boards.py
index 2c2aa89ad7..832cd187dd 100644
--- a/Tools/ardupilotwaf/boards.py
+++ b/Tools/ardupilotwaf/boards.py
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ class Board:
                 env.CXXFLAGS += [
                     '-Werror=implicit-fallthrough',
                 ]
+            env.CXXFLAGS += [
+                '-fcheck-new',
+            ]
 
         if cfg.env.DEBUG:
             env.CFLAGS += [