diff --git a/gcc/c-family/c.opt b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
index 3166984..f75b58c 100644
--- a/gcc/c-family/c.opt
+++ b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
@@ -601,6 +601,10 @@ Wreorder
 C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_reorder) Warning LangEnabledBy(C++ ObjC++,Wall)
 Warn when the compiler reorders code
 
+Wreturn-local-addr
+C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
+Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
+
 Wreturn-type
 C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_return_type) Warning
 Warn whenever a function's return type defaults to \"int\" (C), or about inconsistent return types (C++)
diff --git a/gcc/c/c-typeck.c b/gcc/c/c-typeck.c
index 4855933..cf63355 100644
--- a/gcc/c/c-typeck.c
+++ b/gcc/c/c-typeck.c
@@ -8742,7 +8742,8 @@ c_finish_return (location_t loc, tree retval, tree origtype)
 		  && !TREE_STATIC (inner)
 		  && DECL_CONTEXT (inner) == current_function_decl)
 		warning_at (loc,
-			    0, "function returns address of local variable");
+			    OPT_Wreturn_local_addr, "function returns address "
+			    "of local variable");
 	      break;
 
 	    default:
diff --git a/gcc/cp/typeck.c b/gcc/cp/typeck.c
index eaa0935..d2944d3 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/typeck.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/typeck.c
@@ -8019,14 +8019,14 @@ maybe_warn_about_returning_address_of_local (tree retval)
       if (TREE_CODE (whats_returned) == AGGR_INIT_EXPR
 	  || TREE_CODE (whats_returned) == TARGET_EXPR)
 	{
-	  warning (0, "returning reference to temporary");
+	  warning (OPT_Wreturn_local_addr, "returning reference to temporary");
 	  return;
 	}
       if (TREE_CODE (whats_returned) == VAR_DECL
 	  && DECL_NAME (whats_returned)
 	  && TEMP_NAME_P (DECL_NAME (whats_returned)))
 	{
-	  warning (0, "reference to non-lvalue returned");
+	  warning (OPT_Wreturn_local_addr, "reference to non-lvalue returned");
 	  return;
 	}
     }
@@ -8042,10 +8042,10 @@ maybe_warn_about_returning_address_of_local (tree retval)
 	   || TREE_PUBLIC (whats_returned)))
     {
       if (TREE_CODE (valtype) == REFERENCE_TYPE)
-	warning (0, "reference to local variable %q+D returned",
+	warning (OPT_Wreturn_local_addr, "reference to local variable %q+D returned",
 		 whats_returned);
       else
-	warning (0, "address of local variable %q+D returned",
+	warning (OPT_Wreturn_local_addr, "address of local variable %q+D returned",
 		 whats_returned);
       return;
     }
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index f8c9230..2e36de1 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Objective-C and Objective-C++ Dialects}.
 -Woverlength-strings  -Wpacked  -Wpacked-bitfield-compat  -Wpadded @gol
 -Wparentheses  -Wpedantic-ms-format -Wno-pedantic-ms-format @gol
 -Wpointer-arith  -Wno-pointer-to-int-cast @gol
--Wredundant-decls @gol
+-Wredundant-decls  -Wno-return-local-addr @gol
 -Wreturn-type  -Wsequence-point  -Wshadow @gol
 -Wsign-compare  -Wsign-conversion  -Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess @gol
 -Wstack-protector -Wstack-usage=@var{len} -Wstrict-aliasing @gol
@@ -3526,6 +3526,12 @@ definitions, may be found on the GCC readings page, at
 
 This warning is enabled by @option{-Wall} for C and C++.
 
+@item -Wno-return-local-addr
+@opindex Wno-return-local-addr
+@opindex Wreturn-local-addr
+Do not warn about returning a pointer (or in C++, a reference) to a
+variable that goes out of scope after the function returns.
+
 @item -Wreturn-type
 @opindex Wreturn-type
 @opindex Wno-return-type
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wno-return-local-addr.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wno-return-local-addr.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e15bfa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wno-return-local-addr.C
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// { dg-do assemble  }
+// { dg-options "-Wno-return-local-addr" }
+
+int& bad1()
+{
+  int x = 0;
+  return x;
+}
+
+int* bad2()
+{
+  int x = 0;
+  return &x;
+}
+
+int f();
+
+const int& bad3()
+{
+  return f();
+}
+
+const int& bad4()
+{
+  return int();
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wreturn-local-addr.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wreturn-local-addr.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faa3a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wreturn-local-addr.C
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// { dg-do assemble  }
+// { dg-options "-Werror=return-local-addr" }
+// { dg-message "some warnings being treated as errors" "" {target "*-*-*"} 0 }
+
+int& bad1()
+{
+  int x = 0;		// { dg-error "reference to local variable" }
+  return x;
+}
+
+int* bad2()
+{
+  int x = 0;		// { dg-error "address of local variable" }
+  return &x;
+}
+
+const int& bad4()
+{
+  return int();		// { dg-error "returning reference to temporary" }
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wreturn-local-addr.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wreturn-local-addr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d496d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wreturn-local-addr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* { dg-do assemble  } */
+/* { dg-options "-Werror=return-local-addr" } */
+/* { dg-message "some warnings being treated as errors" "" {target "*-*-*"} 0 } */
+
+int* bad()
+{
+  int x = 0;
+  return &x;		/* { dg-error "address of local variable" } */
+}