diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 443a142e0f4..ca99d040b1d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ if cpp.get_id() == 'msvc'
   # noseh_link_args = ['/SAFESEH:NO']
 endif
 
+add_global_arguments(cpp.get_supported_arguments(['-fno-rtti', '-fno-exceptions', '-fno-threadsafe-statics']), language : 'cpp')
+
+# maybe needed to not apply for mingw
+add_global_arguments(cpp.get_supported_arguments(['-fvisibility-inlines-hidden']), language : 'cpp')
+
+if host_machine.cpu_family() == 'arm' and cpp.alignment('struct { char c; }') != 1
+  if cpp.has_argument('-mstructure-size-boundary=8')
+    add_global_arguments('-mstructure-size-boundary=8', language : 'cpp')
+  endif
+endif
+
 python3 = import('python').find_installation('python3')
 
 check_headers = [