diff --git a/common/jpeg/simd/jcqnts2f.asm b/common/jpeg/simd/jcqnts2f.asm
index 19c1d01..d80ae5d 100644
--- a/common/jpeg/simd/jcqnts2f.asm
+++ b/common/jpeg/simd/jcqnts2f.asm
@@ -166,3 +166,6 @@
 	pop	ebp
 	ret
 
+; For some reason, the OS X linker does not honor the request to align the
+; segment unless we do this.
+	align	16