diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_Network.mm b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_Network.mm
index 9804873df5..d5c6b247ab 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_Network.mm
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_Network.mm
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ void MACAddress::findAllAddresses (Array<MACAddress>& result)
     {
         for (const ifaddrs* cursor = addrs; cursor != nullptr; cursor = cursor->ifa_next)
         {
-            auto sto = (sockaddr_storage*) cursor->ifa_addr;
+            // Required to avoid misaligned pointer access
+            sockaddr_storage sto;
+            std::memcpy (&sto, cursor->ifa_addr, sizeof (sockaddr_storage));
 
-            if (sto->ss_family == AF_LINK)
+            if (sto.ss_family == AF_LINK)
             {
                 auto sadd = (const sockaddr_dl*) cursor->ifa_addr;