diff --git a/cmake/common/px4_base.cmake b/cmake/common/px4_base.cmake
index 1c461ec282..8f7ebcf048 100644
--- a/cmake/common/px4_base.cmake
+++ b/cmake/common/px4_base.cmake
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ function(px4_add_common_flags)
 	set(cxx_compile_flags
 		-g
 		-fno-exceptions
+		-fcheck-new
 		-fno-rtti
 		-std=gnu++0x
 		-fno-threadsafe-statics