diff --git a/include/boost/atomic/detail/config.hpp b/include/boost/atomic/detail/config.hpp
index eb82032..efba5ae 100644
--- a/include/boost/atomic/detail/config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/atomic/detail/config.hpp
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
 #endif
 #endif // defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_TYPE_TRAITS)
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (!defined(BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION) || (BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION+0) >= 1300)
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) && (!defined(BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION) || (BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION+0) >= 1300)) ||\
+    (defined(__has_attribute) && (__has_attribute(may_alias)+0) != 0)
 #define BOOST_ATOMIC_DETAIL_MAY_ALIAS __attribute__((__may_alias__))
 #define BOOST_ATOMIC_DETAIL_STORAGE_MAY_ALIAS
 #elif defined(BOOST_MSVC)