diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cbd6dbb7b..a7358fe59 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fdiagnostics-color], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fdiagnostics-colo
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wimplicit-fallthrough], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wimplicit-fallthrough"],,[-Werror])
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wcast-align], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wcast-align"],,[-Werror])
 AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wstrict-prototypes], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wstrict-prototypes"],,[-Werror])
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fno-strict-aliasing], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"],,[-Werror])
 
 AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-z relro], [LDLAGS="$LDLAGS -z relro"],,[])
 AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-z now], [LDLAGS="$LDLAGS -z now"],,[])