diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be
index a2a703314..e5218e690 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ARCH_CLASS = xscale
 
 GNU_DIR=/afs/psi.ch/project/embeddedlinux/moxa/xscale_be/armv5teb-montavista-linuxeabi
 
-ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS += -funwind-tables
+ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS += -funwind-tables -fno-strict-aliasing
 
 # Cannot build PVA because of missing boost support
 SKIP_BUILDS = pv% normativeTypes