1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/platform.h b/include/platform.h
index ba534b284..4025561c6 100644
--- a/include/platform.h
+++ b/include/platform.h
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ typedef unsigned smalluint;
 #define fdprintf dprintf
 
 /* Useful for defeating gcc's alignment of "char message[]"-like data */
-#if 1 /* if needed: !defined(arch1) && !defined(arch2) */
+#if !defined(__s390__)
+    /* on s390[x], non-word-aligned data accesses require larger code */
 # define ALIGN1 __attribute__((aligned(1)))
 # define ALIGN2 __attribute__((aligned(2)))
 # define ALIGN4 __attribute__((aligned(4)))