diff --git a/plat/pc86/descr b/plat/pc86/descr
index 6a0db9e19..9b54410ff 100644
--- a/plat/pc86/descr
+++ b/plat/pc86/descr
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var ARCH=i86
 var PLATFORM=pc86
 var PLATFORMDIR={EM}/share/ack/{PLATFORM}
 var CPP_F=-D__unix
-var ALIGN=-a0:1 -a1:1 -a2:1 -a3:1
+var ALIGN=-a0:2 -a1:2 -a2:2 -a3:2
 var MACHOPT_F=-m8
 var EGO_PLAT_FLAGS=-M{EM}/share/ack/ego/{ARCH}.descr