diff --git a/boards/x86_64/qemu/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld b/boards/x86_64/qemu/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld
index bbdb75c6a9b..ebeae91dd52 100644
--- a/boards/x86_64/qemu/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld
+++ b/boards/x86_64/qemu/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ SECTIONS
         _etdata = ABSOLUTE(.);
         _stbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.tbss .tbss.* .gnu.linkonce.tb.* .tcommon);
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _etbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
     }