diff --git a/src/base/low_level_alloc.cc b/src/base/low_level_alloc.cc
index f40b0bd..e762d7d 100644
--- a/src/base/low_level_alloc.cc
+++ b/src/base/low_level_alloc.cc
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
 #include "base/low_level_alloc.h"
 
 #include "base/dynamic_annotations.h"
-#include "base/spinlock.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
+#include "base/spinlock.h"
+#include "base/static_storage.h"
 
 #include "malloc_hook-inl.h"
 #include <gperftools/malloc_hook.h>
@@ -524,18 +525,14 @@ LowLevelAlloc::Arena *LowLevelAlloc::DefaultArena() {
   return &default_arena;
 }
 
-static DefaultPagesAllocator *default_pages_allocator;
-static union {
-  char chars[sizeof(DefaultPagesAllocator)];
-  void *ptr;
-} debug_pages_allocator_space;
+static tcmalloc::StaticStorage<DefaultPagesAllocator> default_pages_allocator;
 
 LowLevelAlloc::PagesAllocator *LowLevelAlloc::GetDefaultPagesAllocator(void) {
-  if (default_pages_allocator) {
-    return default_pages_allocator;
-  }
-  default_pages_allocator = new (debug_pages_allocator_space.chars) DefaultPagesAllocator();
-  return default_pages_allocator;
+  static tcmalloc::TrivialOnce once;
+  once.RunOnce(+[] () {
+    default_pages_allocator.Construct();
+  });
+  return default_pages_allocator.get();
 }
 
 void *DefaultPagesAllocator::MapPages(int32_t flags, size_t size) {
diff --git a/src/debugallocation.cc b/src/debugallocation.cc
index 395db1b..7150177 100644
--- a/src/debugallocation.cc
+++ b/src/debugallocation.cc
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 #include "base/googleinit.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/spinlock.h"
+#include "base/static_storage.h"
 #include "base/threading.h"
 #include "malloc_hook-inl.h"
 #include "maybe_emergency_malloc.h"
@@ -697,9 +698,9 @@ class MallocBlock {
 
       // We don't want to allocate or deallocate memory here, so we use
       // placement-new.  It's ok that we don't destroy this, since we're
-      // just going to error-exit below anyway.  Union is for alignment.
-      union { void* alignment; char buf[sizeof(SymbolTable)]; } tablebuf;
-      SymbolTable* symbolization_table = new (tablebuf.buf) SymbolTable;
+      // just going to error-exit below anyway.
+      tcmalloc::StaticStorage<SymbolTable> tablebuf;
+      SymbolTable* symbolization_table = tablebuf.Construct();
       for (int i = 0; i < queue_entry.num_deleter_pcs; i++) {
         // Symbolizes the previous address of pc because pc may be in the
         // next function.  This may happen when the function ends with
@@ -1071,10 +1072,8 @@ class DebugMallocImplementation : public TCMallocImplementation {
   virtual bool GetNumericProperty(const char* name, size_t* value) {
     if (TestingPortal** portal = TestingPortal::CheckGetPortal(name, value); portal) {
       static DebugTestingPortal* ptr = ([] () {
-        static struct {
-          alignas(DebugTestingPortal) char memory[sizeof(DebugTestingPortal)];
-        } storage;
-        return new (storage.memory) DebugTestingPortal;
+        static tcmalloc::StaticStorage<DebugTestingPortal> storage;
+        return storage.Construct();
       })();
       *portal = ptr;
       *value = 1;
@@ -1177,11 +1176,10 @@ class DebugMallocImplementation : public TCMallocImplementation {
 
 };
 
+static tcmalloc::StaticStorage<DebugMallocImplementation> debug_malloc_impl_storage;
+
 void SetupMallocExtension() {
-  static struct {
-    alignas(DebugMallocImplementation) char memory[sizeof(DebugMallocImplementation)];
-  } storage;
-  MallocExtension::Register(new (storage.memory) DebugMallocImplementation);
+  MallocExtension::Register(debug_malloc_impl_storage.Construct());
 }
 
 REGISTER_MODULE_DESTRUCTOR(debugallocation, {
diff --git a/src/memfs_malloc.cc b/src/memfs_malloc.cc
index 0c7acbc..b536c9b 100644
--- a/src/memfs_malloc.cc
+++ b/src/memfs_malloc.cc
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include <gperftools/malloc_extension.h>
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "base/googleinit.h"
+#include "base/static_storage.h"
 #include "base/sysinfo.h"
 #include "internal_logging.h"
 #include "safe_strerror.h"
@@ -114,10 +115,7 @@ private:
 
   SysAllocator* fallback_;  // Default system allocator to fall back to.
 };
-static union {
-  char buf[sizeof(HugetlbSysAllocator)];
-  void *ptr;
-} hugetlb_space;
+static tcmalloc::StaticStorage<HugetlbSysAllocator> hugetlb_space;
 
 // No locking needed here since we assume that tcmalloc calls
 // us with an internal lock held (see tcmalloc/system-alloc.cc).
@@ -270,8 +268,7 @@ bool HugetlbSysAllocator::Initialize() {
 REGISTER_MODULE_INITIALIZER(memfs_malloc, {
   if (FLAGS_memfs_malloc_path.length()) {
     SysAllocator* alloc = MallocExtension::instance()->GetSystemAllocator();
-    HugetlbSysAllocator* hp =
-      new (hugetlb_space.buf) HugetlbSysAllocator(alloc);
+    HugetlbSysAllocator* hp = hugetlb_space.Construct(alloc);
     if (hp->Initialize()) {
       MallocExtension::instance()->SetSystemAllocator(hp);
     }
diff --git a/src/memory_region_map.cc b/src/memory_region_map.cc
index 179ed6b..3971bab 100644
--- a/src/memory_region_map.cc
+++ b/src/memory_region_map.cc
@@ -163,20 +163,6 @@ static inline bool current_thread_is(std::thread::id should_be) {
 
 // ========================================================================= //
 
-// Constructor-less place-holder to store a RegionSet in.
-union MemoryRegionMap::RegionSetRep {
-  char rep[sizeof(RegionSet)];
-  void* align_it;  // do not need a better alignment for 'rep' than this
-  RegionSet* region_set() { return reinterpret_cast<RegionSet*>(rep); }
-};
-
-// The bytes where MemoryRegionMap::regions_ will point to.
-// We use RegionSetRep with noop c-tor so that global construction
-// does not interfere.
-static MemoryRegionMap::RegionSetRep regions_rep;
-
-// ========================================================================= //
-
 // Has InsertRegionLocked been called recursively
 // (or rather should we *not* use regions_ to record a hooked mmap).
 static bool recursive_insert = false;
@@ -527,7 +513,7 @@ void MemoryRegionMap::RestoreSavedBucketsLocked() {
 
 inline void MemoryRegionMap::InitRegionSetLocked() {
   RAW_VLOG(12, "Initializing region set");
-  regions_ = regions_rep.region_set();
+  regions_ = regions_rep_.get();
   recursive_insert = true;
   new (regions_) RegionSet();
   HandleSavedRegionsLocked(&DoInsertRegionLocked);
diff --git a/src/memory_region_map.h b/src/memory_region_map.h
index c252c28..5928ab9 100644
--- a/src/memory_region_map.h
+++ b/src/memory_region_map.h
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ class MemoryRegionMap {
   typedef std::set<Region, RegionCmp,
               STL_Allocator<Region, MyAllocator> > RegionSet;
 
+  // The bytes where MemoryRegionMap::regions_ will point to.  We use
+  // StaticStorage with noop c-tor so that global construction does
+  // not interfere.
+  static inline tcmalloc::StaticStorage<RegionSet> regions_rep_;
+
  public:  // more in-depth interface ==========================================
 
   // STL iterator with values of Region
@@ -275,11 +280,6 @@ class MemoryRegionMap {
   // Return the accumulated sizes of mapped and unmapped regions.
   static int64_t MapSize() { return map_size_; }
   static int64_t UnmapSize() { return unmap_size_; }
-
-  // Effectively private type from our .cc =================================
-  // public to let us declare global objects:
-  union RegionSetRep;
-
  private:
   // representation ===========================================================
 
diff --git a/src/static_vars.cc b/src/static_vars.cc
index 6b7fc8a..dcb5b59 100644
--- a/src/static_vars.cc
+++ b/src/static_vars.cc
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ PageHeapAllocator<Span> Static::span_allocator_;
 PageHeapAllocator<StackTrace> Static::stacktrace_allocator_;
 Span Static::sampled_objects_;
 std::atomic<StackTrace*> Static::growth_stacks_;
+StaticStorage<PageHeap> Static::pageheap_;
 
 void Static::InitStaticVars() {
   sizemap_.Init();
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ void Static::InitStaticVars() {
     central_cache_[i].Init(i);
   }
 
-  new (&pageheap_.memory) PageHeap(sizemap_.min_span_size_in_pages());
+  new (pageheap()) PageHeap(sizemap_.min_span_size_in_pages());
 
 #if defined(ENABLE_AGGRESSIVE_DECOMMIT_BY_DEFAULT)
   const bool kDefaultAggressiveDecommit = true;
diff --git a/src/static_vars.h b/src/static_vars.h
index 76199ad..d75b145 100644
--- a/src/static_vars.h
+++ b/src/static_vars.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "base/spinlock.h"
+#include "base/static_storage.h"
 #include "central_freelist.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "page_heap.h"
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class Static {
   // must be protected by pageheap_lock.
 
   // Page-level allocator.
-  static PageHeap* pageheap() { return reinterpret_cast<PageHeap *>(&pageheap_.memory); }
+  static PageHeap* pageheap() { return pageheap_.get(); }
 
   static PageHeapAllocator<Span>* span_allocator() { return &span_allocator_; }
 
@@ -100,10 +101,7 @@ class Static {
   static bool IsInited() { return inited_; }
 
  private:
-  // some unit tests depend on this and link to static vars
-  // imperfectly. Thus we keep those unhidden for now. Thankfully
-  // they're not performance-critical.
-  /* ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN */ static bool inited_;
+  ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN static bool inited_;
 
   // These static variables require explicit initialization.  We cannot
   // count on their constructors to do any initialization because other
@@ -122,9 +120,7 @@ class Static {
   // is stored in trace->stack[kMaxStackDepth-1].
   ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN static std::atomic<StackTrace*> growth_stacks_;
 
-  /* ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN */ static inline struct {
-    alignas(alignof(PageHeap)) std::byte memory[sizeof(PageHeap)];
-  }  pageheap_;
+  ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN static StaticStorage<PageHeap> pageheap_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace tcmalloc
diff --git a/src/system-alloc.cc b/src/system-alloc.cc
index c496d99..e47691e 100644
--- a/src/system-alloc.cc
+++ b/src/system-alloc.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "base/commandlineflags.h"
 #include "base/spinlock.h"              // for SpinLockHolder, SpinLock, etc
+#include "base/static_storage.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "internal_logging.h"
 
@@ -126,10 +127,7 @@ public:
   }
   void* Alloc(size_t size, size_t *actual_size, size_t alignment);
 };
-static union {
-  char buf[sizeof(SbrkSysAllocator)];
-  void *ptr;
-} sbrk_space;
+static tcmalloc::StaticStorage<SbrkSysAllocator> sbrk_space;
 
 class MmapSysAllocator : public SysAllocator {
 public:
@@ -139,10 +137,7 @@ public:
 private:
   uintptr_t hint_ = 0;
 };
-static union {
-  char buf[sizeof(MmapSysAllocator)];
-  void *ptr;
-} mmap_space;
+static tcmalloc::StaticStorage<MmapSysAllocator> mmap_space;
 
 class DefaultSysAllocator : public SysAllocator {
  public:
@@ -169,10 +164,7 @@ class DefaultSysAllocator : public SysAllocator {
   SysAllocator* allocs_[kMaxAllocators];
   const char* names_[kMaxAllocators];
 };
-static union {
-  char buf[sizeof(DefaultSysAllocator)];
-  void *ptr;
-} default_space;
+static tcmalloc::StaticStorage<DefaultSysAllocator> default_space;
 static const char sbrk_name[] = "SbrkSysAllocator";
 static const char mmap_name[] = "MmapSysAllocator";
 
@@ -367,8 +359,8 @@ SysAllocator *tc_get_sysalloc_override(SysAllocator *def)
 
 static bool system_alloc_inited = false;
 void InitSystemAllocators(void) {
-  MmapSysAllocator *mmap = new (mmap_space.buf) MmapSysAllocator();
-  SbrkSysAllocator *sbrk = new (sbrk_space.buf) SbrkSysAllocator();
+  MmapSysAllocator *mmap = mmap_space.Construct();
+  SbrkSysAllocator *sbrk = sbrk_space.Construct();
 
   // In 64-bit debug mode, place the mmap allocator first since it
   // allocates pointers that do not fit in 32 bits and therefore gives
@@ -377,7 +369,7 @@ void InitSystemAllocators(void) {
   // likely to look like pointers and therefore the conservative gc in
   // the heap-checker is less likely to misinterpret a number as a
   // pointer).
-  DefaultSysAllocator *sdef = new (default_space.buf) DefaultSysAllocator();
+  DefaultSysAllocator *sdef = default_space.Construct();
   bool want_mmap = kDebugMode && (sizeof(void*) > 4);
 #if __sun__
   // TODO: solaris has nice but annoying feature that makes it use
diff --git a/src/tcmalloc.cc b/src/tcmalloc.cc
index b902cfd..f71b09b 100644
--- a/src/tcmalloc.cc
+++ b/src/tcmalloc.cc
@@ -622,10 +622,8 @@ public:
 
   static TestingPortalImpl* Get() {
     static TestingPortalImpl* ptr = ([] () {
-      static struct {
-        alignas(TestingPortalImpl) char memory[sizeof(TestingPortalImpl)];
-      } storage;
-      return new (storage.memory) TestingPortalImpl;
+      static StaticStorage<TestingPortalImpl> storage;
+      return storage.Construct();
     }());
     return ptr;
   }
@@ -1212,11 +1210,10 @@ static TCMallocGuard module_enter_exit_hook;
 
 #ifndef TCMALLOC_USING_DEBUGALLOCATION
 
+static tcmalloc::StaticStorage<TCMallocImplementation> malloc_impl_storage;
+
 void SetupMallocExtension() {
-  static struct {
-    alignas(TCMallocImplementation) char memory[sizeof(TCMallocImplementation)];
-  } storage;
-  MallocExtension::Register(new (storage.memory) TCMallocImplementation);
+  MallocExtension::Register(malloc_impl_storage.Construct());
 }
 
 #endif  // TCMALLOC_USING_DEBUGALLOCATION
diff --git a/src/tests/tcmalloc_unittest.cc b/src/tests/tcmalloc_unittest.cc
index 60afb93..58bfbbd 100644
--- a/src/tests/tcmalloc_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/tests/tcmalloc_unittest.cc
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 
 #include "base/function_ref.h"
 #include "base/cleanup.h"
+#include "base/static_storage.h"
 
 #include "tests/testutil.h"
 
@@ -205,13 +206,9 @@ struct OOMAbleSysAlloc : public SysAllocator {
   }
 };
 
-static union {
-  char buf[sizeof(OOMAbleSysAlloc)];
-  void *ptr;
-} test_sys_alloc_space;
-
 static OOMAbleSysAlloc* get_test_sys_alloc() {
-  return reinterpret_cast<OOMAbleSysAlloc*>(&test_sys_alloc_space);
+  static tcmalloc::StaticStorage<OOMAbleSysAlloc> storage;
+  return storage.get();
 }
 
 void setup_oomable_sys_alloc() {
diff --git a/src/thread_cache_ptr.cc b/src/thread_cache_ptr.cc
index f84d366..cfae8df 100644
--- a/src/thread_cache_ptr.cc
+++ b/src/thread_cache_ptr.cc
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ SpinLock init_cache_lock;
 bool init_cache_ready;
 
 ThreadCache* GetInitCache() {
-  alignas(ThreadCache) static std::byte init_cache_storage[sizeof(ThreadCache)];
-
-  return reinterpret_cast<ThreadCache*>(init_cache_storage);
+  static StaticStorage<ThreadCache> storage;
+  return storage.get();
 }
 
 }  // namespace