diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 03535fc83..ede970b2b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ PREOPEN_LIBS = $(modlibexec_LTLIBRARIES)
 endif
 
 if FORCE_PREOPEN
-pulseaudio_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(BINLDFLAGS) $(IMMEDIATE_LDFLAGS) -dlpreopen force $(foreach f,$(PREOPEN_LIBS),-dlpreopen $(f))
+pulseaudio_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(BINLDFLAGS) $(IMMEDIATE_LDFLAGS) -ffast-math -dlpreopen force $(foreach f,$(PREOPEN_LIBS),-dlpreopen $(f))
 else
-pulseaudio_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(BINLDFLAGS) $(IMMEDIATE_LDFLAGS) -dlopen force $(foreach f,$(PREOPEN_LIBS),-dlopen $(f))
+pulseaudio_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(BINLDFLAGS) $(IMMEDIATE_LDFLAGS) -ffast-math -dlopen force $(foreach f,$(PREOPEN_LIBS),-dlopen $(f))
 endif
 
 if HAVE_SYSTEMD_DAEMON
diff --git a/src/daemon/meson.build b/src/daemon/meson.build
index 59bf0a2c3..f246153f0 100644
--- a/src/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/src/daemon/meson.build
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ executable('pulseaudio',
   pulseaudio_headers,
   install: true,
   include_directories : [configinc, topinc],
+  link_args : ['-ffast-math'],
   link_with : [libpulsecore, libpulsecommon, libpulse],
   dependencies : [ltdl_dep, cap_dep, dbus_dep, libsystemd_dep],
   c_args : pa_c_args,