diff --git a/miniz.h b/miniz.h
index f794df6..ec3e1f9 100644
--- a/miniz.h
+++ b/miniz.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 #if !defined(MINIZ_USE_UNALIGNED_LOADS_AND_STORES)
 #if MINIZ_X86_OR_X64_CPU
 /* Set MINIZ_USE_UNALIGNED_LOADS_AND_STORES to 1 on CPU's that permit efficient integer loads and stores from unaligned addresses. */
-#define MINIZ_USE_UNALIGNED_LOADS_AND_STORES 1
+#define MINIZ_USE_UNALIGNED_LOADS_AND_STORES 0
 #define MINIZ_UNALIGNED_USE_MEMCPY
 #else
 #define MINIZ_USE_UNALIGNED_LOADS_AND_STORES 0