diff --git a/src/backend/file/io-gncxml-v2.c b/src/backend/file/io-gncxml-v2.c
index 426f923777..a7a2b3e070 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/io-gncxml-v2.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/io-gncxml-v2.c
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@
 #include "gnc-xml.h"
 #include "io-utils.h"
 
+/* Do not treat -Wstrict-aliasing warnings as errors because of problems of the
+ * G_LOCK* macros as declared by glib.  See
+ * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316221 for additional information.
+ */
+#if (__GNUC__ >= 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2)
+#    pragma GCC diagnostic warning "-Wstrict-aliasing"
+#endif
+
 static QofLogModule log_module = GNC_MOD_IO;
 
 /* map pointers, e.g. of type FILE*, to GThreads */
diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-html.c b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-html.c
index c5cf537641..3dc2e95825 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-html.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-html.c
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@
 #include "gnc-ui.h"
 #include "gnc-ui-util.h"
 
+/* Do not treat -Wstrict-aliasing warnings as errors because of problems of the
+ * G_LOCK* macros as declared by glib.  See
+ * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316221 for additional information.
+ */
+#if (__GNUC__ >= 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2)
+#    pragma GCC diagnostic warning "-Wstrict-aliasing"
+#endif
+
 
 struct gnc_html_struct {
   GtkWidget   * window;            /* window this html goes into */
diff --git a/src/gnome/dialog-print-check.c b/src/gnome/dialog-print-check.c
index 6e5388e0c1..7f6c46b17e 100644
--- a/src/gnome/dialog-print-check.c
+++ b/src/gnome/dialog-print-check.c
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@
 #define KF_KEY_TEXT        "Text"
 #define KF_KEY_FILENAME    "Filename"
 
+/* Do not treat -Wstrict-aliasing warnings as errors because of problems of the
+ * G_LOCK* macros as declared by glib.  See
+ * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316221 for additional information.
+ */
+#if (__GNUC__ >= 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2)
+#    pragma GCC diagnostic warning "-Wstrict-aliasing"
+#endif
+
 /**< This enum specifies the columns used in the check format combobox. */
 typedef enum format_combo_col_t {
     COL_NAME = 0,               /**< This column holds a copy of the check