diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c
index 982404d14..d5b86ff5c 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "unarchive.h"
 
+typedef uint32_t aliased_uint32_t FIX_ALIASING;
+typedef off_t    aliased_off_t    FIX_ALIASING;
+
+
 /*
  * GNU tar uses "base-256 encoding" for very large numbers (>8 billion).
  * Encoding is binary, with highest bit always set as a marker
@@ -68,10 +72,10 @@ static off_t getBase256_len12(const char *str)
  * and fetch it in one go:
  */
 	if (sizeof(off_t) == 8) {
-		value = *(off_t*)str;
+		value = *(aliased_off_t*)str;
 		value = SWAP_BE64(value);
 	} else if (sizeof(off_t) == 4) {
-		value = *(off_t*)str;
+		value = *(aliased_off_t*)str;
 		value = SWAP_BE32(value);
 	} else {
 		value = 0;
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ char FAST_FUNC get_header_tar(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
 
 #if ENABLE_DESKTOP || ENABLE_FEATURE_TAR_AUTODETECT
 	/* to prevent misdetection of bz2 sig */
-	*(uint32_t*)(&tar) = 0;
+	*(aliased_uint32_t*)&tar = 0;
 	i = full_read(archive_handle->src_fd, &tar, 512);
 	/* If GNU tar sees EOF in above read, it says:
 	 * "tar: A lone zero block at N", where N = kilobyte
diff --git a/archival/lzop.c b/archival/lzop.c
index a752a9d89..0a15c51aa 100644
--- a/archival/lzop.c
+++ b/archival/lzop.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ struct globals {
 	const uint32_t *lzo_crc32_table;
 	chksum_t chksum_in;
 	chksum_t chksum_out;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { } while (0)
 //#define G (*ptr_to_globals)
diff --git a/console-tools/resize.c b/console-tools/resize.c
index 4504cc85d..828b5bb42 100644
--- a/console-tools/resize.c
+++ b/console-tools/resize.c
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 
 #define ESC "\033"
 
-#define old_termios (*(struct termios*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
+#define old_termios_p ((struct termios*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 
 static void
 onintr(int sig UNUSED_PARAM)
 {
-	tcsetattr(STDERR_FILENO, TCSANOW, &old_termios);
+	tcsetattr(STDERR_FILENO, TCSANOW, old_termios_p);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ int resize_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 	 * and operate on it - should we do the same?
 	 */
 
-	tcgetattr(STDERR_FILENO, &old_termios); /* fiddle echo */
-	new = old_termios;
+	tcgetattr(STDERR_FILENO, old_termios_p); /* fiddle echo */
+	memcpy(&new, old_termios_p, sizeof(new));
 	new.c_cflag |= (CLOCAL | CREAD);
 	new.c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO | ECHOE | ISIG);
 	bb_signals(0
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int resize_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
 	 * (gotten via TIOCGWINSZ) and recomputing *pixel values */
 	ret = ioctl(STDERR_FILENO, TIOCSWINSZ, &w);
 
-	tcsetattr(STDERR_FILENO, TCSANOW, &old_termios);
+	tcsetattr(STDERR_FILENO, TCSANOW, old_termios_p);
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_RESIZE_PRINT)
 		printf("COLUMNS=%d;LINES=%d;export COLUMNS LINES;\n",
diff --git a/coreutils/dd.c b/coreutils/dd.c
index 8173d403d..7c1a0c0df 100644
--- a/coreutils/dd.c
+++ b/coreutils/dd.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct globals {
 	unsigned long long total_bytes;
 	unsigned long long begin_time_us;
 #endif
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { \
 	/* we have to zero it out because of NOEXEC */ \
diff --git a/coreutils/du.c b/coreutils/du.c
index 730d6d162..5894ed438 100644
--- a/coreutils/du.c
+++ b/coreutils/du.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct globals {
 	int slink_depth;
 	int du_depth;
 	dev_t dir_dev;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 
 
diff --git a/coreutils/expr.c b/coreutils/expr.c
index f5701a460..f40edad4e 100644
--- a/coreutils/expr.c
+++ b/coreutils/expr.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ typedef struct valinfo VALUE;
 /* The arguments given to the program, minus the program name.  */
 struct globals {
 	char **args;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 
 /* forward declarations */
diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index d004ce8b1..1197f7d71 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ struct globals {
 	/* Do time() just once. Saves one syscall per file for "ls -l" */
 	time_t current_time_t;
 #endif
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_LS_COLOR
 # define show_color     (G.show_color    )
diff --git a/coreutils/stty.c b/coreutils/stty.c
index 4952d53d3..c40d718af 100644
--- a/coreutils/stty.c
+++ b/coreutils/stty.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ struct globals {
 	/* Current position, to know when to wrap */
 	unsigned current_col;
 	char buf[10];
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { \
 	G.device_name = bb_msg_standard_input; \
diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c
index 0be166315..83768d420 100644
--- a/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static const struct suffix_mult tail_suffixes[] = {
 
 struct globals {
 	bool status;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 
 static void tail_xprint_header(const char *fmt, const char *filename)
diff --git a/debianutils/run_parts.c b/debianutils/run_parts.c
index ea019c27c..2854a539c 100644
--- a/debianutils/run_parts.c
+++ b/debianutils/run_parts.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct globals {
 	char **names;
 	int    cur;
 	char  *cmd[1];
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define names (G.names)
 #define cur   (G.cur  )
diff --git a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
index 10da8dce4..dfc72f01a 100644
--- a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
+++ b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct globals {
 	char *pidfile;
 	int user_id;
 	smallint signal_nr;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define found             (G.found               )
 #define userspec          (G.userspec            )
diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index bc8b0dad1..a6f3f55f7 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ struct globals2 {
 
 	/* biggest and least used members go last */
 	tsplitter fsplitter, rsplitter;
-};
+}; //FIX_ALIASING; - large code growth
 #define G1 (ptr_to_globals[-1])
 #define G (*(struct globals2 *)ptr_to_globals)
 /* For debug. nm --size-sort awk.o | grep -vi ' [tr] ' */
diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index fd9dd1be6..e5e187725 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ struct globals {
 		int idx;	/* Space used */
 		int len;	/* Space allocated */
 	} pipeline;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 void BUG_sed_globals_too_big(void);
 #define INIT_G() do { \
diff --git a/findutils/find.c b/findutils/find.c
index b417123f6..4bc3b38dc 100644
--- a/findutils/find.c
+++ b/findutils/find.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct globals {
 	action ***actions;
 	bool need_print;
 	recurse_flags_t recurse_flags;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { \
 	struct G_sizecheck { \
diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index 193b48c11..a321cc31b 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct globals {
 	/* globals used internally */
 	llist_t *pattern_head;   /* growable list of patterns to match */
 	const char *cur_file;    /* the current file we are reading */
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { \
 	struct G_sizecheck { \
diff --git a/include/platform.h b/include/platform.h
index b58b14936..ab4402e79 100644
--- a/include/platform.h
+++ b/include/platform.h
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@
 # define EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE
 #endif
 
+/* At 4.4 gcc become much more anal about this, need to use "aliased" types */
+#if __GNUC_PREREQ(4,4)
+# define FIX_ALIASING __attribute__((__may_alias__))
+#else
+# define FIX_ALIASING
+#endif
+
 /* We use __extension__ in some places to suppress -pedantic warnings
    about GCC extensions.  This feature didn't work properly before
    gcc 2.8.  */
diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index 7135e4475..ebd48121d 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct globals {
 	char *env_var_user;
 	char *env_var_home;
 #endif
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define LogLevel           (G.LogLevel               )
 #define LogFile            (G.LogFile                )
diff --git a/miscutils/dc.c b/miscutils/dc.c
index 7348ed349..cb4b1e9b1 100644
--- a/miscutils/dc.c
+++ b/miscutils/dc.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct globals {
 	unsigned pointer;
 	unsigned base;
 	double stack[1];
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 enum { STACK_SIZE = (COMMON_BUFSIZE - offsetof(struct globals, stack)) / sizeof(double) };
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define pointer   (G.pointer   )
diff --git a/miscutils/hdparm.c b/miscutils/hdparm.c
index 399b77a4a..9738620fd 100644
--- a/miscutils/hdparm.c
+++ b/miscutils/hdparm.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ struct globals {
 #ifdef DO_FLUSHCACHE
 	unsigned char flushcache[4] = { WIN_FLUSHCACHE, 0, 0, 0 };
 #endif
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 struct BUG_G_too_big {
 	char BUG_G_too_big[sizeof(G) <= COMMON_BUFSIZE ? 1 : -1];
diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index f339fbdbe..292f2df22 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct globals {
 	int num_unresolved_deps;
 	/* bool. "Did we have 'symbol:FOO' requested on cmdline?" */
 	smallint need_symbols;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { } while (0)
 
diff --git a/modutils/modutils-24.c b/modutils/modutils-24.c
index 442e80f2f..05c1bf2b2 100644
--- a/modutils/modutils-24.c
+++ b/modutils/modutils-24.c
@@ -3203,6 +3203,7 @@ static int obj_create_image(struct obj_file *f, char *image)
 
 static struct obj_file *obj_load(char *image, size_t image_size, int loadprogbits)
 {
+	typedef uint32_t aliased_uint32_t FIX_ALIASING;
 #if BB_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 # define ELFMAG_U32 ((uint32_t)(ELFMAG0 + 0x100 * (ELFMAG1 + (0x100 * (ELFMAG2 + 0x100 * ELFMAG3)))))
 #else
@@ -3224,7 +3225,7 @@ static struct obj_file *obj_load(char *image, size_t image_size, int loadprogbit
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("error while loading ELF header");
 	memcpy(&f->header, image, sizeof(f->header));
 
-	if (*(uint32_t*)(&f->header.e_ident) != ELFMAG_U32) {
+	if (*(aliased_uint32_t*)(&f->header.e_ident) != ELFMAG_U32) {
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("not an ELF file");
 	}
 	if (f->header.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASSM
diff --git a/networking/arp.c b/networking/arp.c
index 278f2dc9a..0ef267a35 100644
--- a/networking/arp.c
+++ b/networking/arp.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct globals {
 	const char *device;      /* current device */
 	smallint hw_set;         /* flag if hw-type was set (-H) */
 
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define ap         (G.ap        )
 #define hw         (G.hw        )
diff --git a/networking/arping.c b/networking/arping.c
index e3418a945..effe418a6 100644
--- a/networking/arping.c
+++ b/networking/arping.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct globals {
 	unsigned received;
 	unsigned brd_recv;
 	unsigned req_recv;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define src        (G.src       )
 #define dst        (G.dst       )
diff --git a/networking/ftpd.c b/networking/ftpd.c
index b7d5b20b1..186ff50ce 100644
--- a/networking/ftpd.c
+++ b/networking/ftpd.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct globals {
 	/* We need these aligned to uint32_t */
 	char msg_ok [(sizeof("NNN " MSG_OK ) + 3) & 0xfffc];
 	char msg_err[(sizeof("NNN " MSG_ERR) + 3) & 0xfffc];
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { \
 	/* Moved to main */ \
diff --git a/networking/ftpgetput.c b/networking/ftpgetput.c
index 2dd7e9232..120ccff83 100644
--- a/networking/ftpgetput.c
+++ b/networking/ftpgetput.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct globals {
 	int verbose_flag;
 	int do_continue;
 	char buf[1]; /* actually [BUFSZ] */
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 enum { BUFSZ = COMMON_BUFSIZE - offsetof(struct globals, buf) };
 struct BUG_G_too_big {
diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index 51b36263f..bf88b1c19 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ enum {
 struct globals {
 	char **my_environ;
 	const char *startup_PATH;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { } while (0)
 
diff --git a/networking/inetd.c b/networking/inetd.c
index a45573396..7aa6b7b19 100644
--- a/networking/inetd.c
+++ b/networking/inetd.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ struct globals {
 	fd_set allsock;
 	/* Used in next_line(), and as scratch read buffer */
 	char line[256];          /* _at least_ 256, see LINE_SIZE */
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 enum { LINE_SIZE = COMMON_BUFSIZE - offsetof(struct globals, line) };
 struct BUG_G_too_big {
diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index 23b39f2e2..467b7f694 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ struct globals {
 #endif
 	} pingaddr;
 	char rcvd_tbl[MAX_DUP_CHK / 8];
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define pingsock     (G.pingsock    )
 #define if_index     (G.if_index    )
diff --git a/networking/slattach.c b/networking/slattach.c
index d3212bb40..12a3067de 100644
--- a/networking/slattach.c
+++ b/networking/slattach.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct globals {
 	int handle;
 	int saved_disc;
 	struct termios saved_state;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define handle       (G.handle      )
 #define saved_disc   (G.saved_disc  )
diff --git a/networking/tc.c b/networking/tc.c
index 541a0f8f4..6a5a8504f 100644
--- a/networking/tc.c
+++ b/networking/tc.c
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ struct globals {
 	__u32 filter_parent;
 	__u32 filter_prio;
 	__u32 filter_proto;
-};
-
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define filter_ifindex (G.filter_ifindex)
 #define filter_qdisc (G.filter_qdisc)
diff --git a/networking/tcpudp.c b/networking/tcpudp.c
index d0db33b79..42845df0e 100644
--- a/networking/tcpudp.c
+++ b/networking/tcpudp.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct globals {
 	unsigned cmax;
 	char **env_cur;
 	char *env_var[1]; /* actually bigger */
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define verbose      (G.verbose     )
 #define max_per_host (G.max_per_host)
diff --git a/networking/telnet.c b/networking/telnet.c
index 013d959a1..344bb0daa 100644
--- a/networking/telnet.c
+++ b/networking/telnet.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct globals {
 	char    iacbuf[IACBUFSIZE];
 	struct termios termios_def;
 	struct termios termios_raw;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { \
 	struct G_sizecheck { \
diff --git a/networking/telnetd.c b/networking/telnetd.c
index b0a1cc4d8..dd59de9d4 100644
--- a/networking/telnetd.c
+++ b/networking/telnetd.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct globals {
 	const char *loginpath;
 	const char *issuefile;
 	int maxfd;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { \
 	G.loginpath = "/bin/login"; \
diff --git a/networking/tftp.c b/networking/tftp.c
index b2c3c033c..0e5b48d40 100644
--- a/networking/tftp.c
+++ b/networking/tftp.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct globals {
 	const char *file;
 	bb_progress_t pmt;
 #endif
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 struct BUG_G_too_big {
 	char BUG_G_too_big[sizeof(G) <= COMMON_BUFSIZE ? 1 : -1];
diff --git a/networking/wget.c b/networking/wget.c
index ad1770b58..9d813dcc2 100644
--- a/networking/wget.c
+++ b/networking/wget.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct globals {
 #endif
 	smallint chunked;         /* chunked transfer encoding */
 	smallint got_clen;        /* got content-length: from server  */
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 struct BUG_G_too_big {
 	char BUG_G_too_big[sizeof(G) <= COMMON_BUFSIZE ? 1 : -1];
diff --git a/networking/zcip.c b/networking/zcip.c
index a4da5cbcd..db10d0a26 100644
--- a/networking/zcip.c
+++ b/networking/zcip.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ enum {
 struct globals {
 	struct sockaddr saddr;
 	struct ether_addr eth_addr;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define saddr    (G.saddr   )
 #define eth_addr (G.eth_addr)
diff --git a/procps/ps.c b/procps/ps.c
index 0b674ffb4..91ebd6819 100644
--- a/procps/ps.c
+++ b/procps/ps.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct globals {
 	unsigned long long seconds_since_boot;
 #endif
 	char default_o[sizeof(DEFAULT_O_STR)];
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define out                (G.out               )
 #define out_cnt            (G.out_cnt           )
diff --git a/procps/top.c b/procps/top.c
index f514df78a..d76d9af78 100644
--- a/procps/top.c
+++ b/procps/top.c
@@ -100,10 +100,8 @@ struct globals {
 	int num_cpus;
 #endif
 	char line_buf[80];
-};
-
+}; //FIX_ALIASING; - large code growth
 enum { LINE_BUF_SIZE = COMMON_BUFSIZE - offsetof(struct globals, line_buf) };
-
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() do { \
 	struct G_sizecheck { \
diff --git a/runit/runsv.c b/runit/runsv.c
index 48b83960d..5b221e90a 100644
--- a/runit/runsv.c
+++ b/runit/runsv.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct globals {
 	struct fd_pair logpipe;
 	char *dir;
 	struct svdir svd[2];
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define haslog       (G.haslog      )
 #define sigterm      (G.sigterm     )
diff --git a/runit/runsvdir.c b/runit/runsvdir.c
index f6aaeb7d4..71fde757e 100644
--- a/runit/runsvdir.c
+++ b/runit/runsvdir.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct globals {
 	struct pollfd pfd[1];
 	unsigned stamplog;
 #endif
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define sv          (G.sv          )
 #define svdir       (G.svdir       )
diff --git a/runit/sv.c b/runit/sv.c
index 96ebb749d..3f76a2d47 100644
--- a/runit/sv.c
+++ b/runit/sv.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ struct globals {
 /* "Bernstein" time format: unix + 0x400000000000000aULL */
 	uint64_t tstart, tnow;
 	svstatus_t svstatus;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define acts         (G.acts        )
 #define service      (G.service     )
diff --git a/runit/svlogd.c b/runit/svlogd.c
index f556c7db5..fc8b4abb9 100644
--- a/runit/svlogd.c
+++ b/runit/svlogd.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ struct globals {
 
 	sigset_t blocked_sigset;
 };
-#define G (*(struct globals*)ptr_to_globals)
+#define G (*ptr_to_globals)
 #define dir            (G.dir           )
 #define verbose        (G.verbose       )
 #define linemax        (G.linemax       )
diff --git a/selinux/setfiles.c b/selinux/setfiles.c
index 4686d8042..f45e41b2b 100644
--- a/selinux/setfiles.c
+++ b/selinux/setfiles.c
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ struct globals {
 	dev_t dev_id; /* Device id where target file exists */
 	int nerr;
 	struct edir excludeArray[MAX_EXCLUDES];
-};
-
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 void BUG_setfiles_globals_too_big(void);
 #define INIT_G() do { \
diff --git a/sysklogd/logread.c b/sysklogd/logread.c
index 932bbecbb..1e8d6bcc0 100644
--- a/sysklogd/logread.c
+++ b/sysklogd/logread.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct globals {
 	struct sembuf SMrup[1]; // {0, -1, IPC_NOWAIT | SEM_UNDO},
 	struct sembuf SMrdn[2]; // {1, 0}, {0, +1, SEM_UNDO}
 	struct shbuf_ds *shbuf;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define SMrup (G.SMrup)
 #define SMrdn (G.SMrdn)
diff --git a/util-linux/fsck_minix.c b/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
index feece9920..970f5f79f 100644
--- a/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ struct globals {
 	/* File-name data */
 	char current_name[MAX_DEPTH * MINIX_NAME_MAX];
 };
-
 #define G (*ptr_to_globals)
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_MINIX2
 #define version2           (G.version2           )
diff --git a/util-linux/mdev.c b/util-linux/mdev.c
index 80549d1b7..69e1e6937 100644
--- a/util-linux/mdev.c
+++ b/util-linux/mdev.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 struct globals {
 	int root_major, root_minor;
 	char *subsystem;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define root_major (G.root_major)
 #define root_minor (G.root_minor)
diff --git a/util-linux/more.c b/util-linux/more.c
index 076b40057..55694e434 100644
--- a/util-linux/more.c
+++ b/util-linux/more.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct globals {
 	int cin_fileno;
 	struct termios initial_settings;
 	struct termios new_settings;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define INIT_G() ((void)0)
 #define initial_settings (G.initial_settings)
diff --git a/util-linux/mount.c b/util-linux/mount.c
index 23a345931..0bad59770 100644
--- a/util-linux/mount.c
+++ b/util-linux/mount.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ struct globals {
 	llist_t *fslist;
 	char getmntent_buf[1];
 
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 enum { GETMNTENT_BUFSIZE = COMMON_BUFSIZE - offsetof(struct globals, getmntent_buf) };
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define nfs_mount_version (G.nfs_mount_version)
diff --git a/util-linux/swaponoff.c b/util-linux/swaponoff.c
index 33ad00ac1..f647a32bc 100644
--- a/util-linux/swaponoff.c
+++ b/util-linux/swaponoff.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SWAPON_PRI
 struct globals {
 	int flags;
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
 #define g_flags (G.flags)
 #else