diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1a207842c55..3d4ea165c99 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -980,6 +980,11 @@ else
     '-fno-math-errno',
     '-fno-trapping-math',
     '-Qunused-arguments',
+    # Some classes use custom new operator which zeroes memory, however
+    # gcc does aggressive dead-store elimination which threats all writes
+    # to the memory before the constructor as "dead stores".
+    # For now we disable this optimization.
+    '-flifetime-dse=1',
   ]
   # MinGW chokes on format specifiers and I can't get it all working
   if not (cc.get_id() == 'gcc' and host_machine.system() == 'windows')