diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2ca4c85b8d..8f1d072f53 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -969,6 +969,10 @@ else
 fi
 AC_SUBST([DEPRECATED_CFLAGS])
 
+dnl disable strict aliasing
+AS_COMPILER_FLAG([-fno-strict-aliasing], [EXTRA_CFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing"])
+AC_SUBST(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+
 dnl every flag in GST_OPTION_CFLAGS and GST_OPTION_CXXFLAGS can be overridden
 dnl at make time with e.g. make ERROR_CFLAGS=""
 GST_OPTION_CFLAGS="\$(WARNING_CFLAGS) \$(ERROR_CFLAGS) \$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \$(PROFILE_CFLAGS) \$(DEPRECATED_CFLAGS)"
@@ -979,7 +983,7 @@ dnl prefer internal headers to already installed ones
 dnl also add builddir include for enumtypes and marshal
 dnl add GST_OPTION_CFLAGS, but overridable
 GST_CFLAGS="$GST_CFLAGS -DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API"
-GST_CFLAGS="$GST_CFLAGS $GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)"
+GST_CFLAGS="$GST_CFLAGS $EXTRA_CFLAGS $GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)"
 AC_SUBST([GST_CFLAGS])
 
 dnl LDFLAGS really should only contain flags, not libs - they get added before