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diff --git a/lib/stddef.in.h b/lib/stddef.in.h
index 535132a4e2..d6b81fac82 100644
--- a/lib/stddef.in.h
+++ b/lib/stddef.in.h
@@ -83,12 +83,23 @@
/* Some platforms lack max_align_t. */
#if !@HAVE_MAX_ALIGN_T@
+/* On the x86, the maximum storage alignment of double, long, etc. is 4,
+ but GCC's C11 ABI for x86 says that max_align_t has an alignment of 8,
+ and the C11 standard allows this. Work around this problem by
+ using __alignof__ (which returns 8 for double) rather than _Alignof
+ (which returns 4), and align each union member accordingly. */
+# ifdef __GNUC__
+# define _GL_STDDEF_ALIGNAS(type) \
+ __attribute__ ((__aligned__ (__alignof__ (type))))
+# else
+# define _GL_STDDEF_ALIGNAS(type) /* */
+# endif
typedef union
{
- char *__p;
- double __d;
- long double __ld;
- long int __i;
+ char *__p _GL_STDDEF_ALIGNAS (char *);
+ double __d _GL_STDDEF_ALIGNAS (double);
+ long double __ld _GL_STDDEF_ALIGNAS (long double);
+ long int __i _GL_STDDEF_ALIGNAS (long int);
} max_align_t;
#endif