diff --git a/NetworkManager.spec b/NetworkManager.spec
index d4cbef2..15e6d6e 100644
--- a/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Source1: nm-applet-%{version}.%{applet_snapshot}.tar.gz
 Source2: nm-system-settings.conf
 Patch1: NetworkManager-0.6.5-fixup-internal-applet-build.patch
 Patch2: nm-applet-0.7.0-disable-stuff.patch
+Patch3: no-strict-aliasing.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 PreReq:   chkconfig
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ NetworkManager functionality from applications that use glib.
 tar -xzf %{SOURCE1}
 %patch1 -p1 -b .buildfix
 %patch2 -p1 -b .disable-stuff
+%patch3 -p1 -b .no-strict-aliasing
 
 %build
 # Even though we don't require named, we still build with it
diff --git a/no-strict-aliasing.patch b/no-strict-aliasing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f9d46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/no-strict-aliasing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up NetworkManager-0.7.0/configure.in.foo NetworkManager-0.7.0/configure.in
+--- NetworkManager-0.7.0/configure.in.foo	2008-02-07 22:12:04.000000000 -0500
++++ NetworkManager-0.7.0/configure.in	2008-02-07 22:12:57.000000000 -0500
+@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ if test "$GCC" = "yes" -a "$set_more_war
+ 
+ 	for option in -Wshadow -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes \
+ 		      -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wstrict-prototypes \
+-		      -Wfloat-equal -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare; do
++		      -Wfloat-equal -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare \
++		      -Wno-strict-aliasing; do
+ 		SAVE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+ 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $option"
+ 		AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether gcc understands $option])