diff --git a/mach/i86/libem/tail.s b/mach/i86/libem/tail.s
index 059b23769..702f47f34 100644
--- a/mach/i86/libem/tail.s
+++ b/mach/i86/libem/tail.s
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
         ! $Header$
 	.text
+	.align 2
 endtext:
 _etext:
-	.align 2
 	.data
+	.align 2
 enddata:
 _edata:
-	.align 2
 	.bss
+	.align 2
 _end:
 endbss:
-	.align 2
diff --git a/mach/m68k2/libem/end.s b/mach/m68k2/libem/end.s
index 3498442aa..e05364bd9 100644
--- a/mach/m68k2/libem/end.s
+++ b/mach/m68k2/libem/end.s
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 .define	endtext,enddata,endbss,_etext,_edata,_end
 
 	.text
+	.align 2
 endtext:
 _etext:
 	.data
+	.align 2
 enddata:
 _edata:
 	.bss
+	.align 2
 endbss:
 _end:
diff --git a/mach/z8000/libem/end.s b/mach/z8000/libem/end.s
index 858b15064..019432cc2 100644
--- a/mach/z8000/libem/end.s
+++ b/mach/z8000/libem/end.s
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 .define	endtext, enddata, endbss, _etext, _edata, _end
 
 	.text
+	.align 2
 endtext:
 _etext:
 	.data
+	.align 2
 enddata:
 _edata:
 	.bss
+	.align 2
 endbss:
 _end: