# NOTE: we assume that GCC uses MSVCRT.DLL
# See comments about PERL_MSVCRT_READFIX in the "cl" compiler section below.
-BUILDOPT += -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX
+BUILDOPT += -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX
.ELSE