diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 31953041d195082f1a5d98584de2102251e7aa88..36f2f8ee1d0bb7cafa27f0e6f1c91957e01764d8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -157,6 +157,15 @@ LDXX_asan-noleaks = clang++
 CPPFLAGS_asan-noleaks = -O0 -fsanitize-coverage=edge -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -DGPR_NO_DIRECT_SYSCALLS
 LDFLAGS_asan-noleaks = -fsanitize=address
 
+VALID_CONFIG_c++-compat = 1
+CC_c++-compat = $(DEFAULT_CC)
+CXX_c++-compat = $(DEFAULT_CXX)
+LD_c++-compat = $(DEFAULT_CC)
+LDXX_c++-compat = $(DEFAULT_CXX)
+CFLAGS_c++-compat = -Wc++-compat
+CPPFLAGS_c++-compat = -O0
+DEFINES_c++-compat = _DEBUG DEBUG
+
 VALID_CONFIG_ubsan = 1
 REQUIRE_CUSTOM_LIBRARIES_ubsan = 1
 CC_ubsan = clang
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index 045eb6be3b4d7d5f8007922356ba119349fefe7b..ed7f4cce649562eab9daedeebe773fc165efd106 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -4384,6 +4384,10 @@ configs:
   basicprof:
     CPPFLAGS: -O2 -DGRPC_BASIC_PROFILER -DGRPC_TIMERS_RDTSC
     DEFINES: NDEBUG
+  c++-compat:
+    CFLAGS: -Wc++-compat
+    CPPFLAGS: -O0
+    DEFINES: _DEBUG DEBUG
   counters:
     CPPFLAGS: -O2 -DGPR_LOW_LEVEL_COUNTERS
     DEFINES: NDEBUG
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/configs.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/configs.json
index 93dd6fb3d434c1257b29a7183455ea446f4573a9..abbe76d60c20e79ef819a3c5edcd09b971b97ff5 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/configs.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/configs.json
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
       "ASAN_OPTIONS": "detect_leaks=0:color=always"
     }
   }, 
+  {
+    "config": "c++-compat"
+  }, 
   {
     "config": "ubsan", 
     "environ": {
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
index 7629ca3d6616875bc38a3a936d9f7be82b5171e6..0cc270f52cb1900b531a49ce42735c012992313f 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
@@ -42392,6 +42392,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42429,6 +42430,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42466,6 +42468,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42503,6 +42506,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42540,6 +42544,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42577,6 +42582,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42614,6 +42620,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42651,6 +42658,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42690,6 +42698,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42727,6 +42736,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42766,6 +42776,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42803,6 +42814,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42840,6 +42852,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42877,6 +42890,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42914,6 +42928,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42951,6 +42966,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -42988,6 +43004,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43025,6 +43042,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43062,6 +43080,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43099,6 +43118,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43136,6 +43156,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43173,6 +43194,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43210,6 +43232,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43247,6 +43270,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43284,6 +43308,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43321,6 +43346,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43358,6 +43384,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43395,6 +43422,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43432,6 +43460,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43469,6 +43498,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43506,6 +43536,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43545,6 +43576,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43582,6 +43614,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43621,6 +43654,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43658,6 +43692,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43695,6 +43730,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43732,6 +43768,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43769,6 +43806,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43806,6 +43844,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43843,6 +43882,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43880,6 +43920,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43917,6 +43958,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43954,6 +43996,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -43991,6 +44034,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -44028,6 +44072,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov", 
@@ -44065,6 +44110,7 @@
       "asan-noleaks", 
       "asan-trace-cmp", 
       "basicprof", 
+      "c++-compat", 
       "counters", 
       "dbg", 
       "gcov",