diff --git a/common/jpeg/simd/jfmmxfst.asm b/common/jpeg/simd/jfmmxfst.asm
index 3511457..0647242 100644
--- a/common/jpeg/simd/jfmmxfst.asm
+++ b/common/jpeg/simd/jfmmxfst.asm
@@ -392,3 +392,6 @@
 	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