diff --git a/board/lwmon5/u-boot.lds b/board/lwmon5/u-boot.lds
index 3cfec83..05152b7 100644
--- a/board/lwmon5/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/lwmon5/u-boot.lds
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
    *(.dynbss)
    *(.bss)
    *(COMMON)
+   . = ALIGN(4);
   }
 
   ppcenv_assert = ASSERT(. < 0xFFFF8000, ".bss section too big, overlaps .ppcenv section. Please update your confguration: CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE, CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN and TEXT_BASE may need to be modified.");