diff --git a/core/combo/HOST_darwin-x86.mk b/core/combo/HOST_darwin-x86.mk
index 2a120d9..aeb91c2 100644
--- a/core/combo/HOST_darwin-x86.mk
+++ b/core/combo/HOST_darwin-x86.mk
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 HOST_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += \
 	-include $(call select-android-config-h,darwin-x86)
-ifneq ($(filter 10.7.%, $(build_mac_version)),)
+ifneq ($(filter 10.7 10.7.% 10.8 10.8.%, $(build_mac_version)),)
        HOST_RUN_RANLIB_AFTER_COPYING := false
 else
        HOST_RUN_RANLIB_AFTER_COPYING := true
diff --git a/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk b/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
index c62b0a4..35a5520 100644
--- a/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
+++ b/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 # no hardware camera
 USE_CAMERA_STUB := true
 
+# customize the malloced address to be 16-byte aligned
+BOARD_MALLOC_ALIGNMENT := 16
+
 # Set /system/bin/sh to ash, not mksh, to make sure we can switch back.
 TARGET_SHELL := ash