diff --git a/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake b/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake
index 6c5419a94..d5ba4204a 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/clang/settings.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface
     -Wall
     -Wextra
     -Wimplicit-fallthrough
-    -Wno-unused-parameter)
+    -Wno-unused-parameter
+    -Wvla)
 
 if(ENABLE_WERROR)
   target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake
index 097270d51..ce84dcc1a 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc/settings.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface
     -Wno-cast-function-type
     $<$<VERSION_LESS:$<CXX_COMPILER_VERSION>,11>:-Wno-clobbered>
     -Wno-unused-parameter
-    -Woverloaded-virtual)
+    -Woverloaded-virtual
+    -Wvla)
 
 if(ENABLE_WERROR)
   target_compile_options(zm-warning-interface