diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 472b97705..40c1e4d28 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
 common_flags = [
   '-fvisibility=hidden',
   '-fno-strict-aliasing',
+  '-fno-strict-overflow',
   '-Werror=suggest-attribute=format',
   '-Wsign-compare',
   '-Wpointer-arith',
diff --git a/spa/meson.build b/spa/meson.build
index 1137adf60..f8acaec6a 100644
--- a/spa/meson.build
+++ b/spa/meson.build
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pkgconfig.generate(filebase : 'lib@0@'.format(spa_name),
   subdirs : spa_name,
   description : 'Simple Plugin API',
   version : spaversion,
-  extra_cflags : '-D_REENTRANT',
+  extra_cflags : ['-D_REENTRANT', '-fno-strict-aliasing', '-fno-strict-overflow'],
   variables : ['plugindir=${libdir}/@0@'.format(spa_name)],
   uninstalled_variables : ['plugindir=${prefix}/spa/plugins'],
 )