diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 0a47bc5a1..09b370416 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ EXTRALINK=@EXTRALINK@
 
 WINDRES=@WINDRES@
 LINT=splint
-LINTFLAGS=+quiet -weak -warnposix -unrecog -Din_addr_t=uint32_t -Du_int=unsigned -Du_char=uint8_t -preproc -Drlimit=rlimit64 -D__gnuc_va_list=va_list
+LINTFLAGS=+quiet -weak -warnposix -unrecog -Din_addr_t=uint32_t -Du_int=unsigned -Du_char=uint8_t -preproc -Drlimit=rlimit64 -D__gnuc_va_list=va_list -formatcode
 #-Dglob64=glob -Dglobfree64=globfree
 # compat with openssl linux edition.
 LINTFLAGS+="-DBN_ULONG=unsigned long" -Dkrb5_int32=int "-Dkrb5_ui_4=unsigned int" -DPQ_64BIT=uint64_t -DRC4_INT=unsigned -fixedformalarray -D"ENGINE=unsigned" -D"RSA=unsigned" -D"DSA=unsigned" -D"EVP_PKEY=unsigned" -D"EVP_MD=unsigned" -D"SSL=unsigned" -D"SSL_CTX=unsigned" -D"X509=unsigned" -D"RC4_KEY=unsigned" -D"EVP_MD_CTX=unsigned" -D"ECDSA_SIG=DSA_SIG"