diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
index f2d2aacc0e..6006ed0722 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
@@ -231,25 +231,32 @@ endif
 core_conf.set_quoted('GST_INSTALL_PLUGINS_HELPER', install_plugins_helper)
 
 warning_flags = [
-  '-Wmissing-declarations',
-  '-Wredundant-decls',
-  '-Wundef',
-  '-Wwrite-strings',
+  '-Waddress',
   '-Wformat',
   '-Wformat-nonliteral',
   '-Wformat-security',
+  '-Wimplicit-fallthrough=3',
   '-Winit-self',
+  '-Wmissing-declarations',
   '-Wmissing-include-dirs',
-  '-Waddress',
+  '-Wmissing-parameter-type',
   '-Wno-multichar',
-  '-Wvla',
+  '-Wold-style-definition',
   '-Wpointer-arith',
+  '-Wredundant-decls',
+  '-Wshift-negative-value',
+  '-Wtype-limits',
+  '-Wundef',
+  '-Wvla',
+  '-Wwrite-strings',
 ]
 
+# C only warning flags
 warning_c_flags = [
   '-Wmissing-prototypes',
 ]
 
+# C++ only warning flags
 warning_cxx_flags = [
   '-Waggregate-return',
 ]