diff --git a/lib/common/mem.h b/lib/common/mem.h
index da4f5925a..6f31aac61 100644
--- a/lib/common/mem.h
+++ b/lib/common/mem.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ MEM_STATIC void MEM_check(void) { MEM_STATIC_ASSERT((sizeof(size_t)==4) || (size
 #ifndef MEM_FORCE_MEMORY_ACCESS   /* can be defined externally, on command line for example */
 #  if defined(__GNUC__) && ( defined(__ARM_ARCH_6__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6J__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6K__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6Z__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6ZK__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6T2__) )
 #    define MEM_FORCE_MEMORY_ACCESS 2
-#  elif (defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) && !defined(WIN32)) || \
+#  elif defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) /*|| defined(_MSC_VER)*/ || \
   (defined(__GNUC__) && ( defined(__ARM_ARCH_7__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7A__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7R__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7M__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7S__) ))
 #    define MEM_FORCE_MEMORY_ACCESS 1
 #  endif
@@ -142,7 +142,13 @@ MEM_STATIC void MEM_write64(void* memPtr, U64 value) { *(U64*)memPtr = value; }
 
 /* __pack instructions are safer, but compiler specific, hence potentially problematic for some compilers */
 /* currently only defined for gcc and icc */
-typedef union { U16 u16; U32 u32; U64 u64; size_t st; } __attribute__((packed)) unalign;
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) && defined(WIN32))
+	__pragma( pack(push, 1) )
+    typedef union { U16 u16; U32 u32; U64 u64; size_t st; } unalign;
+    __pragma( pack(pop) )
+#else
+    typedef union { U16 u16; U32 u32; U64 u64; size_t st; } __attribute__((packed)) unalign;
+#endif
 
 MEM_STATIC U16 MEM_read16(const void* ptr) { return ((const unalign*)ptr)->u16; }
 MEM_STATIC U32 MEM_read32(const void* ptr) { return ((const unalign*)ptr)->u32; }