diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 70fbba2..7d15130 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ environment:
     - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu
       MICROPY_CPYTHON3: python3
       FullTypeCheck: 1
+    - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu
+      MICROPY_CPYTHON3: python3
+      FullTypeCheck: 1
+      ExtraCppFlags: -fno-rtti
 
 configuration:
 - Debug
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ for:
 
   build_script:
   - ps: |
-      make test CC=gcc-9 CXX=g++-9 CPPFLAGS_EXTRA="-DUPYWRAP_FULLTYPECHECK=$env:FullTypeCheck"
+      make test CC=gcc-9 CXX=g++-9 CPPFLAGS_EXTRA="-DUPYWRAP_FULLTYPECHECK=$env:FullTypeCheck $env:ExtraCppFlags"
 
 on_failure:
 - ps: |
diff --git a/classwrapper.h b/classwrapper.h
index d341c7f..c7f6e47 100644
--- a/classwrapper.h
+++ b/classwrapper.h
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ namespace upywrap
       o->base.type = (const mp_obj_type_t*) & type;
       o->cookie = defCookie;
 #if UPYWRAP_FULLTYPECHECK
-      o->typeId = &typeid( T );
+      o->typeId = ClassHash< T >();
 #endif
 #if UPYWRAP_SHAREDPTROBJ
       new( &o->obj ) native_obj_t( std::move( p ) );
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ namespace upywrap
         //preferrably using dynamic_cast or dynamic_pointer_cast to double-check errors.
         if( !mp_obj_is_obj( arg ) || native->cookie != defCookie
 #if UPYWRAP_FULLTYPECHECK
-            || typeid( T ) != *native->typeId
+            || ClassHash< T >() != native->typeId
 #endif
             )
         {
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ namespace upywrap
 
     mp_obj_base_t base; //must always be the first member!
     std::int64_t cookie; //we'll use this to check if a pointer really points to a ClassWrapper
-    const std::type_info* typeId; //and this will be used to check if types aren't being mixed
+    const void* typeId; //and this will be used to check if types aren't being mixed
     native_obj_t obj;
     static mp_obj_full_type_t type;
     static function_ptrs functionPointers;
@@ -1113,7 +1113,11 @@ namespace upywrap
     {
       //Note: registered once, stays forever. Alternative would be to have a finalizer
       //but then when a new function is needed it again has to go through initialization.
+#if UPYWRAP_HAS_TYPEID
       static wrapper_t reg( typeid( funct_t ).name(), wrapper_t::ConstructorOptions::RegisterInStaticPyObjectStore );
+#else
+      static wrapper_t reg( "AnonymousClasswrapper", wrapper_t::ConstructorOptions::RegisterInStaticPyObjectStore );
+#endif
       static bool init = false;
       if( !init )
       {
diff --git a/detail/configuration.h b/detail/configuration.h
index fc88f85..9776fa5 100644
--- a/detail/configuration.h
+++ b/detail/configuration.h
@@ -103,22 +103,11 @@
 //Require exact type matches when converting uPy objects into native ones.
 //By default this is on in order to get proper error messages when passing mismatching types,
 //instead of possibly invoking undefined behavior by casting unrelated types.
-//However when your application wants to passs pointers to derived classes to functions
+//However when your application wants to pass pointers to derived classes to functions
 //taking base class pointers this has to be turned off.
-//Note: this requires C++ type information. For gcc (and possibly others) this means that it
-//doesn't work with -fno-rtti because that makes typeid() unavailable; which striclty speaking
-//shouldn't be because typeid() could work fine on types known at compile-time, as we use it.
-//Following that reasoning as well, msvc has no problems with it.
-//Not turned off automatically in case of !UPYWRAP_HAS_TYPEID because we want users to
-//be explicit about disabling this option.
 #ifndef UPYWRAP_FULLTYPECHECK
 #define UPYWRAP_FULLTYPECHECK (1)
 #endif
-#if defined( __cplusplus ) && !defined(NO_QSTR)
-#if UPYWRAP_FULLTYPECHECK && !UPYWRAP_HAS_TYPEID
-#error "UPYWRAP_FULLTYPECHECK requires RTTI. Build with -frtti or -DUPYWRAP_FULLTYPECHECK=0 (not advisable)"
-#endif
-#endif
 
 //Maximum number of keyword arguments a wrapped function call can support.
 //When parsing the arguments are stack-allocated for speed, and instead of fiddling with alloca()
diff --git a/detail/util.h b/detail/util.h
index 9e4b945..b19c1ad 100644
--- a/detail/util.h
+++ b/detail/util.h
@@ -125,6 +125,25 @@ namespace upywrap
   struct is_shared_ptr< std::shared_ptr< T > > : std::true_type
   {
   };
+
+  /**
+    * @brief Replacement for typeid without RTTI. This uniquely identifies the classwrapper type within an executable.
+    * @warning The hashes will change when recompiling or on other targets. Do not use cross-device or cross-executable.
+    *
+    * The functionality is based around the One Definition Rule (ODR), there must be exactly one definition of this function
+    * per class, even across translation units.
+    */
+  template< class T >
+  inline void* ClassHashImpl() {
+    static int static_hash_marker = 0;  // The address of this object is the unique hash of this classwrapper.
+    return &static_hash_marker;
+  }
+
+  template< class T >
+  inline void* ClassHash() {
+    // This assumes we do not make differences between differently qualified types.
+    return ClassHashImpl<typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_reference<T>::type>::type>();
+  }
 }
 
 #endif //#ifndef MICROPYTHON_WRAP_DETAIL_UTIL_H