diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index df25c49f39..6181ccf87e 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -1351,6 +1351,9 @@ def CompileCxx(obj,src,opts):
             # Fast math is nice, but we'd like to see NaN in dev builds.
             cmd += " -fno-finite-math-only"
 
+        # Make sure this is off to avoid GCC/Eigen bug (see GitHub #228)
+        cmd += " -fno-unsafe-math-optimizations"
+
         if (optlevel==1): cmd += " -ggdb -D_DEBUG"
         if (optlevel==2): cmd += " -O1 -D_DEBUG"
         if (optlevel==3): cmd += " -O2"