diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5178b08b..2b0933ac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),linux)
   endif
   endif
 
-  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
+  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
     -pipe -DUSE_ICON $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
 
   ifeq ($(USE_OPENAL),1)
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),darwin)
     BASE_CFLAGS += -mstackrealign
   endif
 
-  BASE_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -DMACOS_X -fno-common -pipe
+  BASE_CFLAGS += -DMACOS_X -fno-common -pipe
 
   ifeq ($(USE_OPENAL),1)
     BASE_CFLAGS += -DUSE_OPENAL
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),mingw32)
 
   ARCH=x86
 
-  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
+  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
     -DUSE_ICON
 
   # In the absence of wspiapi.h, require Windows XP or later
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),freebsd)
   endif #alpha test
 
 
-  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
+  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
     -DUSE_ICON $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
 
   ifeq ($(USE_OPENAL),1)
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),openbsd)
   ARCH=i386
 
 
-  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
+  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
     -DUSE_ICON $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
 
   ifeq ($(USE_OPENAL),1)
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),netbsd)
   SHLIBLDFLAGS=-shared $(LDFLAGS)
   THREAD_LIBS=-lpthread
 
-  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes
+  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes
 
   ifneq ($(ARCH),i386)
     BASE_CFLAGS += -DNO_VM_COMPILED
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),sunos)
   endif
 
 
-  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
+  BASE_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wimplicit -Wstrict-prototypes \
     -pipe -DUSE_ICON $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
 
   OPTIMIZE = -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ makedirs:
 # QVM BUILD TOOLS
 #############################################################################
 
-TOOLS_OPTIMIZE = -g -O2 -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing
+TOOLS_OPTIMIZE = -g -O2 -Wall
 TOOLS_CFLAGS = $(TOOLS_OPTIMIZE) \
                -DTEMPDIR=\"$(TEMPDIR)\" -DSYSTEM=\"\" \
                -I$(Q3LCCSRCDIR) \
diff --git a/code/cgame/cg_syscalls.c b/code/cgame/cg_syscalls.c
index 758d1b43..cdc10601 100644
--- a/code/cgame/cg_syscalls.c
+++ b/code/cgame/cg_syscalls.c
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ void dllEntry( intptr_t (QDECL  *syscallptr)( intptr_t arg,... ) ) {
 
 
 int PASSFLOAT( float x ) {
-	float	floatTemp;
-	floatTemp = x;
-	return *(int *)&floatTemp;
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.f = x;
+	return fi.i;
 }
 
 void	trap_Print( const char *fmt ) {
diff --git a/code/client/cl_cgame.c b/code/client/cl_cgame.c
index 615884f8..ef15798f 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_cgame.c
+++ b/code/client/cl_cgame.c
@@ -400,11 +400,9 @@ void CL_ShutdownCGame( void ) {
 }
 
 static int	FloatAsInt( float f ) {
-	int		temp;
-
-	*(float *)&temp = f;
-
-	return temp;
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.f = f;
+	return fi.i;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/code/client/cl_ui.c b/code/client/cl_ui.c
index 3cabd041..56a226b7 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_ui.c
+++ b/code/client/cl_ui.c
@@ -691,11 +691,9 @@ FloatAsInt
 ====================
 */
 static int FloatAsInt( float f ) {
-	int		temp;
-
-	*(float *)&temp = f;
-
-	return temp;
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.f = f;
+	return fi.i;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/code/game/g_syscalls.c b/code/game/g_syscalls.c
index d82be06d..59d89bde 100644
--- a/code/game/g_syscalls.c
+++ b/code/game/g_syscalls.c
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ void dllEntry( intptr_t (QDECL *syscallptr)( intptr_t arg,... ) ) {
 }
 
 int PASSFLOAT( float x ) {
-	float	floatTemp;
-	floatTemp = x;
-	return *(int *)&floatTemp;
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.f = x;
+	return fi.i;
 }
 
 void	trap_Printf( const char *fmt ) {
@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ void trap_AAS_PresenceTypeBoundingBox(int presencetype, vec3_t mins, vec3_t maxs
 }
 
 float trap_AAS_Time(void) {
-	int temp;
-	temp = syscall( BOTLIB_AAS_TIME );
-	return (*(float*)&temp);
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.i = syscall( BOTLIB_AAS_TIME );
+	return fi.f;
 }
 
 int trap_AAS_PointAreaNum(vec3_t point) {
@@ -476,15 +476,15 @@ void trap_BotFreeCharacter(int character) {
 }
 
 float trap_Characteristic_Float(int character, int index) {
-	int temp;
-	temp = syscall( BOTLIB_AI_CHARACTERISTIC_FLOAT, character, index );
-	return (*(float*)&temp);
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.i = syscall( BOTLIB_AI_CHARACTERISTIC_FLOAT, character, index );
+	return fi.f;
 }
 
 float trap_Characteristic_BFloat(int character, int index, float min, float max) {
-	int temp;
-	temp = syscall( BOTLIB_AI_CHARACTERISTIC_BFLOAT, character, index, PASSFLOAT(min), PASSFLOAT(max) );
-	return (*(float*)&temp);
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.i = syscall( BOTLIB_AI_CHARACTERISTIC_BFLOAT, character, index, PASSFLOAT(min), PASSFLOAT(max) );
+	return fi.f;
 }
 
 int trap_Characteristic_Integer(int character, int index) {
@@ -652,9 +652,9 @@ int trap_BotGetMapLocationGoal(char *name, void /* struct bot_goal_s */ *goal) {
 }
 
 float trap_BotAvoidGoalTime(int goalstate, int number) {
-	int temp;
-	temp = syscall( BOTLIB_AI_AVOID_GOAL_TIME, goalstate, number );
-	return (*(float*)&temp);
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.i = syscall( BOTLIB_AI_AVOID_GOAL_TIME, goalstate, number );
+	return fi.f;
 }
 
 void trap_BotSetAvoidGoalTime(int goalstate, int number, float avoidtime) {
diff --git a/code/qcommon/cm_trace.c b/code/qcommon/cm_trace.c
index bab7eed3..e9bffe99 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/cm_trace.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/cm_trace.c
@@ -131,10 +131,7 @@ SquareRootFloat
 ================
 */
 float SquareRootFloat(float number) {
-	union {
-		float f;
-		int i;
-	} t;
+	floatint_t t;
 	float x, y;
 	const float f = 1.5F;
 
diff --git a/code/qcommon/msg.c b/code/qcommon/msg.c
index 1fc03eb5..b883c83b 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/msg.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/msg.c
@@ -291,13 +291,9 @@ void MSG_WriteLong( msg_t *sb, int c ) {
 }
 
 void MSG_WriteFloat( msg_t *sb, float f ) {
-	union {
-		float	f;
-		int	l;
-	} dat;
-	
+	floatint_t dat;
 	dat.f = f;
-	MSG_WriteBits( sb, dat.l, 32 );
+	MSG_WriteBits( sb, dat.i, 32 );
 }
 
 void MSG_WriteString( msg_t *sb, const char *s ) {
@@ -423,13 +419,9 @@ int MSG_ReadLong( msg_t *msg ) {
 }
 
 float MSG_ReadFloat( msg_t *msg ) {
-	union {
-		byte	b[4];
-		float	f;
-		int	l;
-	} dat;
+	floatint_t dat;
 	
-	dat.l = MSG_ReadBits( msg, 32 );
+	dat.i = MSG_ReadBits( msg, 32 );
 	if ( msg->readcount > msg->cursize ) {
 		dat.f = -1;
 	}	
@@ -563,20 +555,22 @@ int	MSG_ReadDelta( msg_t *msg, int oldV, int bits ) {
 }
 
 void MSG_WriteDeltaFloat( msg_t *msg, float oldV, float newV ) {
+	floatint_t fi;
 	if ( oldV == newV ) {
 		MSG_WriteBits( msg, 0, 1 );
 		return;
 	}
+	fi.f = newV;
 	MSG_WriteBits( msg, 1, 1 );
-	MSG_WriteBits( msg, *(int *)&newV, 32 );
+	MSG_WriteBits( msg, fi.i, 32 );
 }
 
 float MSG_ReadDeltaFloat( msg_t *msg, float oldV ) {
 	if ( MSG_ReadBits( msg, 1 ) ) {
-		float	newV;
+		floatint_t fi;
 
-		*(int *)&newV = MSG_ReadBits( msg, 32 );
-		return newV;
+		fi.i = MSG_ReadBits( msg, 32 );
+		return fi.f;
 	}
 	return oldV;
 }
@@ -617,20 +611,22 @@ int	MSG_ReadDeltaKey( msg_t *msg, int key, int oldV, int bits ) {
 }
 
 void MSG_WriteDeltaKeyFloat( msg_t *msg, int key, float oldV, float newV ) {
+	floatint_t fi;
 	if ( oldV == newV ) {
 		MSG_WriteBits( msg, 0, 1 );
 		return;
 	}
+	fi.f = newV;
 	MSG_WriteBits( msg, 1, 1 );
-	MSG_WriteBits( msg, (*(int *)&newV) ^ key, 32 );
+	MSG_WriteBits( msg, fi.i ^ key, 32 );
 }
 
 float MSG_ReadDeltaKeyFloat( msg_t *msg, int key, float oldV ) {
 	if ( MSG_ReadBits( msg, 1 ) ) {
-		float	newV;
+		floatint_t fi;
 
-		*(int *)&newV = MSG_ReadBits( msg, 32 ) ^ key;
-		return newV;
+		fi.i = MSG_ReadBits( msg, 32 ) ^ key;
+		return fi.f;
 	}
 	return oldV;
 }
diff --git a/code/qcommon/q_math.c b/code/qcommon/q_math.c
index bfaa60a3..80c9f8ec 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/q_math.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/q_math.c
@@ -501,10 +501,7 @@ void VectorRotate( vec3_t in, vec3_t matrix[3], vec3_t out )
 */
 float Q_rsqrt( float number )
 {
-	union {
-		float f;
-		int i;
-	} t;
+	floatint_t t;
 	float x2, y;
 	const float threehalfs = 1.5F;
 
@@ -519,9 +516,10 @@ float Q_rsqrt( float number )
 }
 
 float Q_fabs( float f ) {
-	int tmp = * ( int * ) &f;
-	tmp &= 0x7FFFFFFF;
-	return * ( float * ) &tmp;
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.f = f;
+	fi.i &= 0x7FFFFFFF;
+	return fi.f;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1301,15 +1299,11 @@ Don't pass doubles to this
 */
 int Q_isnan( float x )
 {
-	union
-	{
-		float f;
-		unsigned int i;
-	} t;
+	floatint_t fi;
 
-	t.f = x;
-	t.i &= 0x7FFFFFFF;
-	t.i = 0x7F800000 - t.i;
+	fi.f = x;
+	fi.ui &= 0x7FFFFFFF;
+	fi.ui = 0x7F800000 - fi.ui;
 
-	return (int)( (unsigned int)t.i >> 31 );
+	return (int)( (unsigned int)fi.ui >> 31 );
 }
diff --git a/code/qcommon/q_shared.c b/code/qcommon/q_shared.c
index de173d88..1ddab8d7 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/q_shared.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/q_shared.c
@@ -205,16 +205,11 @@ qint64 Long64NoSwap (qint64 ll)
 	return ll;
 }
 
-typedef union {
-    float	f;
-    unsigned int i;
-} _FloatByteUnion;
-
 float FloatSwap (const float *f) {
-	_FloatByteUnion out;
+	floatint_t out;
 
 	out.f = *f;
-	out.i = LongSwap(out.i);
+	out.ui = LongSwap(out.ui);
 
 	return out.f;
 }
diff --git a/code/qcommon/q_shared.h b/code/qcommon/q_shared.h
index 41ff1588..54b8bfbf 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/q_shared.h
+++ b/code/qcommon/q_shared.h
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ typedef unsigned char 		byte;
 
 typedef enum {qfalse, qtrue}	qboolean;
 
+typedef union {
+	float f;
+	int i;
+	unsigned int ui;
+} floatint_t;
+
 typedef int		qhandle_t;
 typedef int		sfxHandle_t;
 typedef int		fileHandle_t;
diff --git a/code/qcommon/qcommon.h b/code/qcommon/qcommon.h
index 5838bf75..6a264d34 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/qcommon.h
+++ b/code/qcommon/qcommon.h
@@ -356,12 +356,9 @@ void	*VM_ExplicitArgPtr( vm_t *vm, intptr_t intValue );
 #define	VMA(x) VM_ArgPtr(args[x])
 static ID_INLINE float _vmf(intptr_t x)
 {
-	union {
-		int i;
-		float f;
-	} t;
-	t.i = (int)x;
-	return t.f;
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.i = (int) x;
+	return fi.f;
 }
 #define	VMF(x)	_vmf(args[x])
 
diff --git a/code/server/sv_game.c b/code/server/sv_game.c
index adf1f5a2..7bfbf03c 100644
--- a/code/server/sv_game.c
+++ b/code/server/sv_game.c
@@ -288,14 +288,9 @@ void SV_GetUsercmd( int clientNum, usercmd_t *cmd ) {
 //==============================================
 
 static int	FloatAsInt( float f ) {
-	union
-	{
-	    int i;
-	    float f;
-	} temp;
-	
-	temp.f = f;
-	return temp.i;
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.f = f;
+	return fi.i;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/code/tools/lcc/src/bytecode.c b/code/tools/lcc/src/bytecode.c
index b267d6fa..871056a0 100644
--- a/code/tools/lcc/src/bytecode.c
+++ b/code/tools/lcc/src/bytecode.c
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ static void I(defconst)(int suffix, int size, Value v) {
 	case P: print("byte %d %U\n", size, (unsigned long)v.p); return;
 	case F:
 		if (size == 4) {
-			float f = v.d;
-			print("byte 4 %u\n", *(unsigned *)&f);
+			floatint_t fi;
+			fi.f = v.d;
+			print("byte 4 %u\n", fi.ui);
 		} else {
 			unsigned *p = (unsigned *)&v.d;
 			print("byte 4 %u\n", p[swap]);
@@ -67,10 +68,10 @@ static void I(defsymbol)(Symbol p) {
 		case P: p->x.name = stringf("%U", p->u.c.v.p); break;
 		case F:
 			{	// JDC: added this to get inline floats
-				unsigned temp;
+				floatint_t temp;
 
-				*(float *)&temp = p->u.c.v.d;
-				p->x.name = stringf("%U", temp );
+				temp.f = p->u.c.v.d;
+				p->x.name = stringf("%U", temp.ui );
 			}
 			break;// JDC: added this
 		default: assert(0);
diff --git a/code/tools/lcc/src/c.h b/code/tools/lcc/src/c.h
index e36380ef..68c8f629 100644
--- a/code/tools/lcc/src/c.h
+++ b/code/tools/lcc/src/c.h
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ typedef struct {
 	void *xt;
 } Xtype;
 
+typedef union {
+	float f;
+	int i;
+	unsigned int ui;
+} floatint_t;
+
 #include "config.h"
 typedef struct metrics {
 	unsigned char size, align, outofline;
diff --git a/code/ui/ui_syscalls.c b/code/ui/ui_syscalls.c
index 77c14eba..9048a951 100644
--- a/code/ui/ui_syscalls.c
+++ b/code/ui/ui_syscalls.c
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ void dllEntry( intptr_t (QDECL *syscallptr)( intptr_t arg,... ) ) {
 }
 
 int PASSFLOAT( float x ) {
-	float	floatTemp;
-	floatTemp = x;
-	return *(int *)&floatTemp;
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.f = x;
+	return fi.i;
 }
 
 void trap_Print( const char *string ) {
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ void trap_Cvar_Set( const char *var_name, const char *value ) {
 }
 
 float trap_Cvar_VariableValue( const char *var_name ) {
-	int temp;
-	temp = syscall( UI_CVAR_VARIABLEVALUE, var_name );
-	return (*(float*)&temp);
+	floatint_t fi;
+	fi.i = syscall( UI_CVAR_VARIABLEVALUE, var_name );
+	return fi.f;
 }
 
 void trap_Cvar_VariableStringBuffer( const char *var_name, char *buffer, int bufsize ) {