diff --git a/gcc/c-family/c.opt b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
index 0ed87fcc7be974a424a880d4d9a1f2b38bf78653..c7b567ba7abd12be6e7887b5ea44c0501c312413 100644
--- a/gcc/c-family/c.opt
+++ b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_zero_as_null_pointer_constant) Warning
 Warn when a literal '0' is used as null pointer.
 
 Wuseless-cast
-C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_useless_cast) Warning
+C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Var(warn_useless_cast) Warning
 Warn about useless casts.
 
 Wsubobject-linkage
diff --git a/gcc/c/c-typeck.cc b/gcc/c/c-typeck.cc
index 7cf411155c60d45bf7d17238055625bfe8b7a039..6f2fff51683a449d528ee18421897b5c343f52d2 100644
--- a/gcc/c/c-typeck.cc
+++ b/gcc/c/c-typeck.cc
@@ -6062,9 +6062,13 @@ build_c_cast (location_t loc, tree type, tree expr)
 
   if (type == TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT (TREE_TYPE (value)))
     {
-      if (RECORD_OR_UNION_TYPE_P (type))
-	pedwarn (loc, OPT_Wpedantic,
-		 "ISO C forbids casting nonscalar to the same type");
+      if (RECORD_OR_UNION_TYPE_P (type)
+	  && pedwarn (loc, OPT_Wpedantic,
+		      "ISO C forbids casting nonscalar to the same type"))
+	      ;
+      else if (warn_useless_cast)
+	warning_at (loc, OPT_Wuseless_cast,
+		    "useless cast to type %qT", type);
 
       /* Convert to remove any qualifiers from VALUE's type.  */
       value = convert (type, value);
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index ef5162d23fda9cf86b8fa4e52595937f812c1c5b..5bfdd6e945d87206808c46967730aa2d61e04a28 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -4773,7 +4773,7 @@ pointers after reallocation.
 
 @opindex Wuseless-cast
 @opindex Wno-useless-cast
-@item -Wuseless-cast @r{(C++ and Objective-C++ only)}
+@item -Wuseless-cast @r{(C, Objective-C, C++ and Objective-C++ only)}
 Warn when an expression is cast to its own type.  This warning does not
 occur when a class object is converted to a non-reference type as that
 is a way to create a temporary:
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wuseless-cast.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wuseless-cast.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..86e87584b87d3fde6b51ab886c5c0dfdef1bfdc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wuseless-cast.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-Wuseless-cast" } */
+
+void foo(void)
+{	
+	// casts to the same type
+	int i = 0;
+	const int ic = 0;
+	struct foo { int x; } x = { 0 };
+	int q[3];
+	(int)ic;		/* { dg-warning "useless cast" } */
+	(int)i;			/* { dg-warning "useless cast" } */
+	(const int)ic;		/* { dg-warning "useless cast" } */
+	(const int)i;		/* { dg-warning "useless cast" } */
+	(struct foo)x;		/* { dg-warning "useless cast" } */
+	(int(*)[3])&q;		/* { dg-warning "useless cast" } */
+	(_Atomic(int))i;	/* { dg-warning "useless cast" } */
+
+	// not the same
+	int n = 3;
+	(int(*)[n])&q;		// no warning
+	int j = (int)0UL;
+	enum X { A = 1 } xx = { A };
+	enum Y { B = 1 } yy = (enum Y)xx;
+}
+