1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/Makefile.am b/lib/libalpm/Makefile.am
index dbdc24db..9f555d22 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/libalpm/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
 DEFINES = -pedantic -D_GNU_SOURCE
-AM_CFLAGS = $(DEFINES)
+#libalpm isn't fully C99 safe with the strict aliasing rules
+# to be fixed in the future
+AM_CFLAGS = $(DEFINES) -fno-strict-aliasing
 SUBDIRS = po
 
 localedir = $(datadir)/locale