diff --git a/gcc/c-family/c.opt b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
index b10c6057cd1..723985ec5d0 100644
--- a/gcc/c-family/c.opt
+++ b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
@@ -591,6 +591,10 @@ Wdeclaration-after-statement
 C ObjC Var(warn_declaration_after_statement) Init(-1) Warning
 Warn when a declaration is found after a statement.
 
+Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type
+C ObjC Warning
+Warn for missing parameter types in function declarations.
+
 Wdelete-incomplete
 C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_delete_incomplete) Init(1) Warning
 Warn when deleting a pointer to incomplete type.
diff --git a/gcc/c/c-decl.cc b/gcc/c/c-decl.cc
index d16958113a8..3d9bee54259 100644
--- a/gcc/c/c-decl.cc
+++ b/gcc/c/c-decl.cc
@@ -8337,8 +8337,10 @@ grokparms (struct c_arg_info *arg_info, bool funcdef_flag)
     {
       if (!funcdef_flag)
 	{
-	  pedwarn (input_location, 0, "parameter names (without types) in "
-		   "function declaration");
+	  permerror_opt (input_location,
+			 OPT_Wdeclaration_missing_parameter_type,
+			 "parameter names (without types) in "
+			 "function declaration");
 	  arg_info->parms = NULL_TREE;
 	}
       else
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index c492ef7ba0c..66804bfe120 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ Objective-C and Objective-C++ Dialects}.
 
 @item C and Objective-C-only Warning Options
 @gccoptlist{-Wbad-function-cast  -Wmissing-declarations
--Wmissing-parameter-type -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-variable-declarations
+-Wmissing-parameter-type -Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type
+-Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-variable-declarations
 -Wnested-externs -Wold-style-declaration  -Wold-style-definition
 -Wstrict-prototypes  -Wtraditional  -Wtraditional-conversion
 -Wdeclaration-after-statement  -Wpointer-sign}
@@ -9732,6 +9733,20 @@ void foo(bar) @{ @}
 
 This warning is also enabled by @option{-Wextra}.
 
+@opindex Wno-declaration-missing-parameter-type
+@opindex Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type
+@item -Wno-declaration-missing-parameter-type @r{(C and Objective-C only)}
+Do not warn if a function declaration contains a parameter name without
+a type.  Such function declarations do not provide a function prototype
+and prevent most type checking in function calls.
+
+This warning is enabled by default.  In C99 and later dialects of C, it
+is treated as an error.  The error can be downgraded to a warning using
+@option{-fpermissive} (along with certain other errors), or for this
+error alone, with @option{-Wno-error=declaration-missing-parameter-type}.
+
+This warning is upgraded to an error by @option{-pedantic-errors}.
+
 @opindex Wmissing-prototypes
 @opindex Wno-missing-prototypes
 @item -Wmissing-prototypes @r{(C and Objective-C only)}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-default.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-default.c
index 45b58b0131d..c674d689081 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-default.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-default.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ implicit_int_4 (i) /* { dg-error "return type defaults to 'int' \\\[-Wimplicit-i
   (const) 0; /* { dg-error "type defaults to 'int' in type name \\\[-Wimplicit-int\\\]" } */
 }
 
-extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-warning "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration\n" } */
+extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-error "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration \\\[-Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type\\\]" } */
 
 
 int *
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-fpermissive.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-fpermissive.c
index 139f35ad1c0..fd3020d75ee 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-fpermissive.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-fpermissive.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ implicit_int_4 (i) /* { dg-warning "return type defaults to 'int' \\\[-Wimplicit
   (const) 0; /* { dg-warning "type defaults to 'int' in type name \\\[-Wimplicit-int\\\]" } */
 }
 
-extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-warning "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration\n" } */
+extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-warning "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration \\\[-Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type\\\]" } */
 
 
 int *
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-gnu89-pedantic.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-gnu89-pedantic.c
index 465a16f5f9a..ef4dbfc86c5 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-gnu89-pedantic.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-gnu89-pedantic.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ implicit_int_4 (i) /* { dg-bogus "-Wimplicit-int" } */
   (const) 0; /* { dg-bogus "-Wimplicit-int" } */
 }
 
-extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-error "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration\n" } */
+extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-error "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration \\\[-Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type\\\]" } */
 
 
 int *
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-gnu89.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-gnu89.c
index 66f7789269f..83792ecfaac 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-gnu89.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-gnu89.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ implicit_int_4 (i) /* { dg-bogus "-Wimplicit-int" } */
   (const) 0; /* { dg-bogus "-Wimplicit-int" } */
 }
 
-extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-warning "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration\n" } */
+extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-warning "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration \\\[-Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type\\\]" } */
 
 
 int *
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-noerror.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-noerror.c
index cd1c2013cb5..fc68dfa8bb9 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-noerror.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-noerror.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* { dg-options "-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration -Wno-error=implicit-int -Wno-error=int-conversion -Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types -Wno-error=return-mismatch" } */
+/* { dg-options "-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration -Wno-error=implicit-int -Wno-error=int-conversion -Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types -Wno-error=return-mismatch -Wno-error=declaration-missing-parameter-type" } */
 
 /* This test should emulate the effect of -fpermissive by adding all the
    -Wno-error= options that are implied by -fpermissive.  It needs to be
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ implicit_int_4 (i) /* { dg-warning "return type defaults to 'int' \\\[-Wimplicit
   (const) 0; /* { dg-warning "type defaults to 'int' in type name \\\[-Wimplicit-int\\\]" } */
 }
 
-extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-warning "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration\n" } */
+extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-warning "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration \\\[-Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type\\\]" } */
 
 
 int *
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-pedantic.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-pedantic.c
index 95dda18acd4..2380bb2583c 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-pedantic.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-pedantic.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ implicit_int_4 (i) /* { dg-error "return type defaults to 'int' \\\[-Wimplicit-i
   (const) 0; /* { dg-error "type defaults to 'int' in type name \\\[-Wimplicit-int\\\]" } */
 }
 
-extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-error "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration\n" } */
+extern int missing_parameter_type (i); /* { dg-error "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration \\\[-Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type\\\]" } */
 
 
 int *
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-system.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-system.c
index bd923138461..790e4f03d66 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-system.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/permerror-system.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 /* { dg-error "type of 'i' defaults to 'int' \\\[-Wimplicit-int\\\]" "" { target *-*-*} 16 } */
 /* { dg-error "type defaults to 'int' in type name \\\[-Wimplicit-int\\\]" "" { target *-*-* } 19 } */
 
+/* { dg-error "parameter names \\\(without types\\\) in function declaration \\\[-Wdeclaration-missing-parameter-type\\\]" "" { target *-*-* } 22 } */
+
 /* { dg-error "pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression \\\[-Wint-conversion\\\]" "" { target *-*-* } 29 } */
 /* { dg-error "pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression \\\[-Wint-conversion\\\]" "" { target *-*-* } 30 } */
 /* { dg-error "passing argument 1 of 'f2' makes pointer from integer without a cast \\\[-Wint-conversion\\\]" "" { target *-*-* } 31 } */
