diff --git a/iop/startup/src/linkfile b/iop/startup/src/linkfile
index 0b684c5682f..240247f95ee 100644
--- a/iop/startup/src/linkfile
+++ b/iop/startup/src/linkfile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SECTIONS
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = 0x0400000; /* Can conditionally be changed to . = 0x5ffe0000 + SIZEOF_HEADERS; */
   .interp     : { *(.interp)  } /* Can conditionally be removed */
-  .reginfo : { *(.reginfo) }
+  .reginfo ALIGN(16) : SUBALIGN(16) { *(.reginfo) }
   .hash          : { *(.hash)   }
   .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)   }
   .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)   }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)   }
   .init          : { *(.init) } =0
   .plt      : { *(.plt) }
-  .text      :
+  .text ALIGN(16) : SUBALIGN(16)
   {
     PROVIDE(_ftext = . );
     *(.text)
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE(_etext = .);
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .rodata    : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) *(.gnu.linkonce.r*) }
+  .rodata ALIGN(16) : SUBALIGN(16) { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) *(.gnu.linkonce.r*) }
   .rodata1   : { *(.rodata1) }
   /* Adjust the address for the data segment.  We want to adjust up to
      the same address within the page on the next page up.  */
   . = ALIGN(0x40000) + (. & (0x40000 - 1)); /* Can conditionally be changed to . = .; */
-  .data    :
+  .data ALIGN(16) : SUBALIGN(16)
   {
     PROVIDE(_fdata = .);
     *(.data)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   PROVIDE(_fbss = .);
   .sbss      : { *(.sbss) *(.scommon) }
-  .bss       :
+  .bss ALIGN(16) : SUBALIGN(16)
   {
    *(.dynbss)
    *(.bss)