diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 6fd66131f2..04e74d2155 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ static void tlb_unprotect_code_phys(CPUState *env, ram_addr_t ram_addr,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_STATIC_CODE_GEN_BUFFER
-static uint8_t static_code_gen_buffer[DEFAULT_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE];
+static uint8_t static_code_gen_buffer[DEFAULT_CODE_GEN_BUFFER_SIZE]
+               __attribute__((aligned (CODE_GEN_ALIGN)));
 #endif
 
 static void code_gen_alloc(unsigned long tb_size)