diff --git a/tools/import-trace/InstructionImporter.cc b/tools/import-trace/InstructionImporter.cc
index f62abbca..e5472f3e 100644
--- a/tools/import-trace/InstructionImporter.cc
+++ b/tools/import-trace/InstructionImporter.cc
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ bool InstructionImporter::handle_ip_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_c
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		ObjectFile *obj = dyn_cast<ObjectFile, Binary>(binary.get());
-
+// necessary due to an AspectC++ bug triggered by LLVM 3.3's dyn_cast()
+#ifndef __puma
+		ObjectFile *obj = llvm::dyn_cast<ObjectFile>(binary.get());
 		disas.reset(new LLVMDisassembler(obj));
+#endif
 		disas->disassemble();
 		LLVMDisassembler::InstrMap &instr_map = disas->getInstrMap();
 		LOG << "instructions disassembled: " << instr_map.size() << " Triple: " << disas->GetTriple() <<  std::endl;
diff --git a/tools/import-trace/RandomJumpImporter.cc b/tools/import-trace/RandomJumpImporter.cc
index 38fa961f..b83f1851 100644
--- a/tools/import-trace/RandomJumpImporter.cc
+++ b/tools/import-trace/RandomJumpImporter.cc
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ bool RandomJumpImporter::handle_ip_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_co
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		ObjectFile *obj = dyn_cast<ObjectFile, Binary>(binary.get());
-
+// necessary due to an AspectC++ bug triggered by LLVM 3.3's dyn_cast()
+#ifndef __puma
+		ObjectFile *obj = dyn_cast<ObjectFile>(binary.get());
 		disas.reset(new LLVMDisassembler(obj));
+#endif
 		disas->disassemble();
 		LLVMDisassembler::InstrMap &instr_map = disas->getInstrMap();
 		LOG << "instructions disassembled: " << instr_map.size() << " Triple: " << disas->GetTriple() <<  std::endl;
diff --git a/tools/import-trace/RegisterImporter.cc b/tools/import-trace/RegisterImporter.cc
index 36cbf509..6b44969e 100644
--- a/tools/import-trace/RegisterImporter.cc
+++ b/tools/import-trace/RegisterImporter.cc
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ bool RegisterImporter::handle_ip_event(fail::simtime_t curtime, instruction_coun
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		ObjectFile *obj = dyn_cast<ObjectFile, Binary>(binary.get());
-
+// necessary due to an AspectC++ bug triggered by LLVM 3.3's dyn_cast()
+#ifndef __puma
+		ObjectFile *obj = dyn_cast<ObjectFile>(binary.get());
 		disas.reset(new LLVMDisassembler(obj));
+#endif
 		disas->disassemble();
 		LLVMDisassembler::InstrMap &instr_map = disas->getInstrMap();
 		LOG << "instructions disassembled: " << instr_map.size() << " Triple: " << disas->GetTriple() <<  std::endl;