Index: libunwind/trunk/src/Unwind-seh.cpp
===================================================================
--- libunwind/trunk/src/Unwind-seh.cpp
+++ libunwind/trunk/src/Unwind-seh.cpp
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@
 /// Class of foreign exceptions based on unrecognized SEH exceptions.
 static const uint64_t kSEHExceptionClass = 0x434C4E4753454800; // CLNGSEH\0
 
-// libunwind does not and should not depend on C++ library which means that we
-// need our own declaration of global placement new.
-void *operator new(size_t, void*);
-
 /// Exception cleanup routine used by \c _GCC_specific_handler to
 /// free foreign exceptions.
 static void seh_exc_cleanup(_Unwind_Reason_Code urc, _Unwind_Exception *exc) {
@@ -452,20 +448,23 @@
 static int
 _unw_init_seh(unw_cursor_t *cursor, CONTEXT *context) {
 #ifdef _LIBUNWIND_TARGET_X86_64
-  new ((void *)cursor) UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, Registers_x86_64>(
-      context, LocalAddressSpace::sThisAddressSpace);
+  new (reinterpret_cast<UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, Registers_x86_64> *>(cursor))
+      UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, Registers_x86_64>(
+          context, LocalAddressSpace::sThisAddressSpace);
   auto *co = reinterpret_cast<AbstractUnwindCursor *>(cursor);
   co->setInfoBasedOnIPRegister();
   return UNW_ESUCCESS;
 #elif defined(_LIBUNWIND_TARGET_ARM)
-  new ((void *)cursor) UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, Registers_arm>(
-      context, LocalAddressSpace::sThisAddressSpace);
+  new (reinterpret_cast<UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, Registers_arm> *>(cursor))
+      UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, Registers_arm>(
+          context, LocalAddressSpace::sThisAddressSpace);
   auto *co = reinterpret_cast<AbstractUnwindCursor *>(cursor);
   co->setInfoBasedOnIPRegister();
   return UNW_ESUCCESS;
 #elif defined(_LIBUNWIND_TARGET_AARCH64)
-  new ((void *)cursor) UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, Registers_arm64>(
-      context, LocalAddressSpace::sThisAddressSpace);
+  new (reinterpret_cast<UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, Registers_arm64> *>(cursor))
+      UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, Registers_arm64>(
+          context, LocalAddressSpace::sThisAddressSpace);
   auto *co = reinterpret_cast<AbstractUnwindCursor *>(cursor);
   co->setInfoBasedOnIPRegister();
   return UNW_ESUCCESS;
Index: libunwind/trunk/src/UnwindCursor.hpp
===================================================================
--- libunwind/trunk/src/UnwindCursor.hpp
+++ libunwind/trunk/src/UnwindCursor.hpp
@@ -894,6 +894,10 @@
   virtual void        saveVFPAsX();
 #endif
 
+  // libunwind does not and should not depend on C++ library which means that we
+  // need our own defition of inline placement new.
+  static void *operator new(size_t, UnwindCursor<A, R> *p) { return p; }
+
 private:
 
 #if defined(_LIBUNWIND_ARM_EHABI)
Index: libunwind/trunk/src/libunwind.cpp
===================================================================
--- libunwind/trunk/src/libunwind.cpp
+++ libunwind/trunk/src/libunwind.cpp
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 
 using namespace libunwind;
 
-// libunwind does not and should not depend on C++ library which means that we
-// need our own declaration of global placement new.
-void *operator new(size_t, void*);
-
 /// internal object to represent this processes address space
 LocalAddressSpace LocalAddressSpace::sThisAddressSpace;
 
@@ -70,8 +66,9 @@
 # error Architecture not supported
 #endif
   // Use "placement new" to allocate UnwindCursor in the cursor buffer.
-  new ((void *)cursor) UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, REGISTER_KIND>(
-                                 context, LocalAddressSpace::sThisAddressSpace);
+  new (reinterpret_cast<UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, REGISTER_KIND> *>(cursor))
+      UnwindCursor<LocalAddressSpace, REGISTER_KIND>(
+          context, LocalAddressSpace::sThisAddressSpace);
 #undef REGISTER_KIND
   AbstractUnwindCursor *co = (AbstractUnwindCursor *)cursor;
   co->setInfoBasedOnIPRegister();