diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 88871b34..7fa3ad2c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -51,12 +51,21 @@ AC_PROG_LN_S
 
 AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
 
+# We need to test for at least gcc 2.95 here, because older versions don't
+# have -fno-strict-aliasing
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], [
+#if !defined(__GNUC__) || (__GNUC__ < 2) || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 95)
+#error
+#endif])], have_gcc295=yes, have_gcc295=no)
+
 if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
         # Enable many gcc warnings by default...
         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall"
 	# And disable the strict-aliasing optimization, since it breaks
 	# our sockaddr-handling code in strange ways.
-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
+	if test x$have_gcc295 = xyes; then
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
+	fi
 fi
 
 # OS X Lion started deprecating the system openssl. Let's just disable