diff --git a/nc_warnings.cmake b/nc_warnings.cmake
index 28cdfc8..7f2fbd9 100644
--- a/nc_warnings.cmake
+++ b/nc_warnings.cmake
@@ -157,3 +157,7 @@ if (ADVISORY)
     append_compile_flag(-Wpadded)
 endif()
 
+
+# WIP: disable alignment checks for the time being because we use a lot of packed structures that trigger this
+append_compile_flag(-Wno-packed-not-aligned)
+append_compile_flag(-Wno-unaligned-access)