diff --git a/m4.include/mc-cflags.m4 b/m4.include/mc-cflags.m4
index 8f143118c..76540a5ec 100644
--- a/m4.include/mc-cflags.m4
+++ b/m4.include/mc-cflags.m4
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ dnl Sorted -W options:
     MC_CHECK_ONE_CFLAG([-Wno-long-long])
     MC_CHECK_ONE_CFLAG([-Wno-unreachable-code])
     MC_CHECK_ONE_CFLAG([-Wparentheses])
+    MC_CHECK_ONE_CFLAG([-Wpointer-arith])
     MC_CHECK_ONE_CFLAG([-Wpointer-sign])
     MC_CHECK_ONE_CFLAG([-Wredundant-decls])
     MC_CHECK_ONE_CFLAG([-Wreturn-type])
diff --git a/src/filemanager/panel.c b/src/filemanager/panel.c
index 28974b973..9350d94d0 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/panel.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/panel.c
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ panel_get_title_without_hotkey (const char *title)
 
         hkey = strchr (translated_title, '&');
         if (hkey != NULL && hkey[1] != '\0')
-            memmove ((void *) hkey, (void *) hkey + 1, strlen (hkey));
+            memmove (hkey, hkey + 1, strlen (hkey));
     }
 
     return translated_title;
diff --git a/src/vfs/sftpfs/config_parser.c b/src/vfs/sftpfs/config_parser.c
index cd954e12c..5582b832e 100644
--- a/src/vfs/sftpfs/config_parser.c
+++ b/src/vfs/sftpfs/config_parser.c
@@ -131,8 +131,9 @@ sftpfs_correct_file_name (const char *filename)
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+/* FIXME: is pointer arith correct here? */
 #define POINTER_TO_STRUCTURE_MEMBER(type)  \
-    ((type) ((void *) config_entity + (off_t) config_variables[i].offset))
+    ((type) (config_entity + (off_t) config_variables[i].offset))
 
 /**
  * Parse string and filling one config entity by parsed data.
diff --git a/src/viewer/growbuf.c b/src/viewer/growbuf.c
index 1b078b80b..64d2bb2bc 100644
--- a/src/viewer/growbuf.c
+++ b/src/viewer/growbuf.c
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ mcview_growbuf_read_until (mcview_t * view, off_t ofs)
             g_ptr_array_add (view->growbuf_blockptr, newblock);
             view->growbuf_lastindex = 0;
         }
-        p = g_ptr_array_index (view->growbuf_blockptr,
-                               view->growbuf_blockptr->len - 1) + view->growbuf_lastindex;
+
+        p = (byte *) g_ptr_array_index (view->growbuf_blockptr, view->growbuf_blockptr->len - 1) + view->growbuf_lastindex;
 
         bytesfree = VIEW_PAGE_SIZE - view->growbuf_lastindex;
 
@@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ mcview_get_ptr_growing_buffer (mcview_t * view, off_t byte_index)
     if (view->growbuf_blockptr->len == 0)
         return NULL;
     if (pageno < (off_t) view->growbuf_blockptr->len - 1)
-        return (char *) (g_ptr_array_index (view->growbuf_blockptr, pageno) + pageindex);
+        return ((char *) g_ptr_array_index (view->growbuf_blockptr, pageno) + pageindex);
     if (pageno == (off_t) view->growbuf_blockptr->len - 1
         && pageindex < (off_t) view->growbuf_lastindex)
-        return (char *) (g_ptr_array_index (view->growbuf_blockptr, pageno) + pageindex);
+        return ((char *) g_ptr_array_index (view->growbuf_blockptr, pageno) + pageindex);
     return NULL;
 }