diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-11-04-02-58-10.gh-issue-99086.DV_4Br.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-11-04-02-58-10.gh-issue-99086.DV_4Br.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e320ecfdfbb791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2022-11-04-02-58-10.gh-issue-99086.DV_4Br.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix ``-Wimplicit-int`` compiler warning in :program:`configure` check for ``PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM``.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a150b7767d02a6..2d5be29abf17dc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14454,7 +14454,7 @@ else
       void *foo(void *parm) {
         return NULL;
       }
-      main() {
+      int main() {
         pthread_attr_t attr;
         pthread_t id;
         if (pthread_attr_init(&attr)) return (-1);
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 79dc1f159a1bd2..2cce5fe008d2ba 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4172,7 +4172,7 @@ if test "$posix_threads" = "yes"; then
       void *foo(void *parm) {
         return NULL;
       }
-      main() {
+      int main() {
         pthread_attr_t attr;
         pthread_t id;
         if (pthread_attr_init(&attr)) return (-1);