diff --git a/common/jpeg/simd/jsimdcpu.asm b/common/jpeg/simd/jsimdcpu.asm
index 31f2a6a..bdbcc23 100644
--- a/common/jpeg/simd/jsimdcpu.asm
+++ b/common/jpeg/simd/jsimdcpu.asm
@@ -100,3 +100,6 @@
 	pop	ebx
 	ret
 
+; For some reason, the OS X linker does not honor the request to align the
+; segment unless we do this.
+	align	16