diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 3ac2523fcd..7c0655b384 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-07-22  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+	* gdb.asm/powerpc.inc (gdbasm_startup): Force alignment.
+
 2003-07-20  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* gdb.base/selftest.exp (do_steps_and_nexts): Add more patterns
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc.inc b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc.inc
index 5aefde2c02..2597ad6c39 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc.inc
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc.inc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 	comment "crt0 startup"
 	.macro gdbasm_startup
+	.p2align 2
 	.endm
 
 	comment "Declare a data variable"