diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3c62511c..602db27f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -208,11 +208,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f2bd783c6247b80c3ac2267afe3042452f184478184264e0c1532bbf59adcb7"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56feebc4664bdb37f39c0b1b8fc8fa2f5648e3ec5f9cf4344978b4b7ca561fff"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.6.0"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
+ "zerocopy",
  "zeroize_derive",
 ]
 
diff --git a/zeroize/Cargo.toml b/zeroize/Cargo.toml
index ed6f5286..41f0bf64 100644
--- a/zeroize/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zeroize/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ rust-version = "1.60"
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 zeroize_derive = { version = "1.3", path = "derive", optional = true }
+zerocopy = { version = "0.7.19", default-features = false, features = ["simd"] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["alloc"]
diff --git a/zeroize/src/aarch64.rs b/zeroize/src/aarch64.rs
index 07744d01..57e461b8 100644
--- a/zeroize/src/aarch64.rs
+++ b/zeroize/src/aarch64.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use crate::{atomic_fence, volatile_write, Zeroize};
 
 use core::arch::aarch64::*;
 
+use zerocopy::FromZeroes;
+
 macro_rules! impl_zeroize_for_simd_register {
     ($($type:ty),* $(,)?) => {
         $(
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_zeroize_for_simd_register {
             impl Zeroize for $type {
                 #[inline]
                 fn zeroize(&mut self) {
-                    volatile_write(self, unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() });
+                    volatile_write(self, Self::new_zeroed());
                     atomic_fence();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/zeroize/src/x86.rs b/zeroize/src/x86.rs
index 5e4bfcb3..8c19bbad 100644
--- a/zeroize/src/x86.rs
+++ b/zeroize/src/x86.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use core::arch::x86::*;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 use core::arch::x86_64::*;
 
+use zerocopy::FromZeroes;
+
 macro_rules! impl_zeroize_for_simd_register {
     ($($type:ty),* $(,)?) => {
         $(
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_zeroize_for_simd_register {
             impl Zeroize for $type {
                 #[inline]
                 fn zeroize(&mut self) {
-                    volatile_write(self, unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() });
+                    volatile_write(self, Self::new_zeroed());
                     atomic_fence();
                 }
             }