diff --git a/sw/cpp/cheri_sanity/irom.ldscript b/sw/cpp/cheri_sanity/irom.ldscript
index 4921beaf5..07524ace1 100644
--- a/sw/cpp/cheri_sanity/irom.ldscript
+++ b/sw/cpp/cheri_sanity/irom.ldscript
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		boot.S.o(.text);
 		boot.cc.o(.text .text.* .rodata .rodata.* .data.rel.ro);
 		end.S.o(.text);
+		. = ALIGN(4);
 	}
 }