diff --git a/coreutils/test.c b/coreutils/test.c
index a914c7490..840a0daaf 100644
--- a/coreutils/test.c
+++ b/coreutils/test.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int depth;
 	depth--; \
 	return __res; \
 } while (0)
-static const char *const TOKSTR[] = {
+static const char *const TOKSTR[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 	"EOI",
 	"FILRD",
 	"FILWR",
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/fsck.c b/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
index 96c1e51e0..028f8a803 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ struct globals {
  * Required for the uber-silly devfs /dev/ide/host1/bus2/target3/lun3
  * pathames.
  */
-static const char *const devfs_hier[] = {
+static const char *const devfs_hier[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 	"host", "bus", "target", "lun", NULL
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/libbb/getopt32.c b/libbb/getopt32.c
index 5ab4d66f1..e861d0567 100644
--- a/libbb/getopt32.c
+++ b/libbb/getopt32.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Special characters:
 
 /* Code here assumes that 'unsigned' is at least 32 bits wide */
 
-const char *const bb_argv_dash[] = { "-", NULL };
+const char *const bb_argv_dash[] ALIGN_PTR = { "-", NULL };
 
 enum {
 	PARAM_STRING,
diff --git a/miscutils/devfsd.c b/miscutils/devfsd.c
index 839d00fd0..fb9ebcf60 100644
--- a/miscutils/devfsd.c
+++ b/miscutils/devfsd.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static void action_compat(const struct devfsd_notify_struct *info, unsigned int
 	unsigned int i;
 	char rewind_;
 	/* 1 to 5  "scsi/" , 6 to 9 "ide/host" */
-	static const char *const fmt[] = {
+	static const char *const fmt[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 		NULL ,
 		"sg/c%db%dt%du%d",		/* scsi/generic */
 		"sd/c%db%dt%du%d",		/* scsi/disc */
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ const char *get_old_name(const char *devname, unsigned int namelen,
 	const char *pty1;
 	const char *pty2;
 	/* 1 to 5  "scsi/" , 6 to 9 "ide/host", 10 sbp/, 11 vcc/, 12 pty/ */
-	static const char *const fmt[] = {
+	static const char *const fmt[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 		NULL ,
 		"sg%u",			/* scsi/generic */
 		NULL,			/* scsi/disc */
diff --git a/modutils/modutils-24.c b/modutils/modutils-24.c
index ac8632481..d0bc2a6ef 100644
--- a/modutils/modutils-24.c
+++ b/modutils/modutils-24.c
@@ -3458,7 +3458,7 @@ static int obj_load_progbits(char *image, size_t image_size, struct obj_file *f,
 
 static void hide_special_symbols(struct obj_file *f)
 {
-	static const char *const specials[] = {
+	static const char *const specials[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 		SPFX "cleanup_module",
 		SPFX "init_module",
 		SPFX "kernel_version",
@@ -3484,7 +3484,7 @@ static int obj_gpl_license(struct obj_file *f, const char **license)
 	 * linux/include/linux/module.h.  Checking for leading "GPL" will not
 	 * work, somebody will use "GPL sucks, this is proprietary".
 	 */
-	static const char *const gpl_licenses[] = {
+	static const char *const gpl_licenses[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 		"GPL",
 		"GPL v2",
 		"GPL and additional rights",
diff --git a/networking/inetd.c b/networking/inetd.c
index e71be51c3..fb2fbe323 100644
--- a/networking/inetd.c
+++ b/networking/inetd.c
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ int inetd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_INETD_SUPPORT_BUILTIN_ECHO \
  || ENABLE_FEATURE_INETD_SUPPORT_BUILTIN_DISCARD
 # if !BB_MMU
-static const char *const cat_args[] = { "cat", NULL };
+static const char *const cat_args[] ALIGN_PTR = { "cat", NULL };
 # endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/procps/nmeter.c b/procps/nmeter.c
index 2310e9844..088d366bf 100644
--- a/procps/nmeter.c
+++ b/procps/nmeter.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ typedef struct proc_file {
 	smallint last_gen;
 } proc_file;
 
-static const char *const proc_name[] = {
+static const char *const proc_name[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 	"stat",		// Must match the order of proc_file's!
 	"loadavg",
 	"net/dev",
diff --git a/selinux/setenforce.c b/selinux/setenforce.c
index 996034f8e..2267be451 100644
--- a/selinux/setenforce.c
+++ b/selinux/setenforce.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 /* These strings are arranged so that odd ones
  * result in security_setenforce(1) being done,
  * the rest will do security_setenforce(0) */
-static const char *const setenforce_cmd[] = {
+static const char *const setenforce_cmd[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 	"0",
 	"1",
 	"permissive",
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 6dc2ecaac..ae81f0da5 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ enum {
 #define NULL_O_STRING { NULL }
 
 #ifndef debug_printf_parse
-static const char *const assignment_flag[] = {
+static const char *const assignment_flag[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 	"MAYBE_ASSIGNMENT",
 	"DEFINITELY_ASSIGNMENT",
 	"NOT_ASSIGNMENT",
@@ -3682,7 +3682,7 @@ static void free_pipe_list(struct pipe *pi)
 #ifndef debug_print_tree
 static void debug_print_tree(struct pipe *pi, int lvl)
 {
-	static const char *const PIPE[] = {
+	static const char *const PIPE[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 		[PIPE_SEQ] = "SEQ",
 		[PIPE_AND] = "AND",
 		[PIPE_OR ] = "OR" ,
@@ -3717,7 +3717,7 @@ static void debug_print_tree(struct pipe *pi, int lvl)
 		[RES_XXXX ] = "XXXX" ,
 		[RES_SNTX ] = "SNTX" ,
 	};
-	static const char *const CMDTYPE[] = {
+	static const char *const CMDTYPE[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 		"{}",
 		"()",
 		"[noglob]",
@@ -7659,7 +7659,7 @@ static int generate_stream_from_string(const char *s, pid_t *pid_p)
 		if (is_prefixed_with(s, "trap")
 		 && skip_whitespace(s + 4)[0] == '\0'
 		) {
-			static const char *const argv[] = { NULL, NULL };
+			static const char *const argv[] ALIGN_PTR = { NULL, NULL };
 			builtin_trap((char**)argv);
 			fflush_all(); /* important */
 			_exit(0);
@@ -9826,7 +9826,7 @@ static int run_list(struct pipe *pi)
 				static const char encoded_dollar_at[] ALIGN1 = {
 					SPECIAL_VAR_SYMBOL, '@' | 0x80, SPECIAL_VAR_SYMBOL, '\0'
 				}; /* encoded representation of "$@" */
-				static const char *const encoded_dollar_at_argv[] = {
+				static const char *const encoded_dollar_at_argv[] ALIGN_PTR = {
 					encoded_dollar_at, NULL
 				}; /* argv list with one element: "$@" */
 				char **vals;