diff --git a/dwarves.h b/dwarves.h
index 254cfe4..d00e89e 100644
--- a/dwarves.h
+++ b/dwarves.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct conf_fprintf {
 	uint8_t    rel_offset:1;
 	uint8_t	   emit_stats:1;
 	uint8_t	   suppress_comments:1;
+	uint8_t	   suppress_aligned_attribute:1;
 	uint8_t	   suppress_offset_comment:1;
 	uint8_t	   show_decl_info:1;
 	uint8_t	   show_only_data_members:1;
diff --git a/dwarves_fprintf.c b/dwarves_fprintf.c
index 346aa42..62826bc 100644
--- a/dwarves_fprintf.c
+++ b/dwarves_fprintf.c
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ static size_t class_member__fprintf(struct class_member *member, bool union_memb
 		printed += fprintf(fp, ":%u", member->bitfield_size);
 	}
 
-	if (member->alignment != 0)
+	if (!sconf.suppress_aligned_attribute && member->alignment != 0)
 		printed += fprintf(fp, " __attribute__((__aligned__(%u))", member->alignment);
 
 	fputc(';', fp);
diff --git a/man-pages/pahole.1 b/man-pages/pahole.1
index b05041d..94cffdf 100644
--- a/man-pages/pahole.1
+++ b/man-pages/pahole.1
@@ -167,9 +167,14 @@ Show CUs where CLASS_NAME (-C) is defined.
 .TP
 .B     \-\-flat_arrays
 Flatten arrays, so that array[10][2] becomes array[20].
-Useful when generating from both CTF and DWARF encodings
+Useful when generating from both CTF/BTF and DWARF encodings
 for the same binary for testing purposes.
 
+.TP
+.B     \-\-suppress_aligned_attribute
+Suppress forced alignment markers, so that one can compare BTF or
+CTF output, that don't have that info, to output from DWARF >= 5.
+
 .TP
 .B     \-\-fixup_silly_bitfields
 Converts silly bitfields such as "int foo:32" to plain "int foo".
diff --git a/pahole.c b/pahole.c
index 74ea39e..c0204b1 100644
--- a/pahole.c
+++ b/pahole.c
@@ -749,6 +749,7 @@ ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION_HOOK_DEF = dwarves_print_version;
 #define ARGP_first_obj_only	   303
 #define ARGP_classes_as_structs	   304
 #define ARGP_hex_fmt		   305
+#define ARGP_suppress_aligned_attribute	306
 
 static const struct argp_option pahole__options[] = {
 	{
@@ -946,6 +947,11 @@ static const struct argp_option pahole__options[] = {
 		.key  = ARGP_flat_arrays,
 		.doc  = "Flat arrays",
 	},
+	{
+		.name = "suppress_aligned_attribute",
+		.key  = ARGP_suppress_aligned_attribute,
+		.doc  = "Suppress __attribute__((aligned(N))",
+	},
 	{
 		.name = "show_private_classes",
 		.key  = ARGP_show_private_classes,
@@ -1046,6 +1052,8 @@ static error_t pahole__options_parser(int key, char *arg,
 		break;
 	case 'Z': ctf_encode = 1;			break;
 	case ARGP_flat_arrays: conf.flat_arrays = 1;	break;
+	case ARGP_suppress_aligned_attribute:
+		conf.suppress_aligned_attribute = 1;	break;
 	case ARGP_show_private_classes:
 		show_private_classes = true;
 		conf.show_only_data_members = 1;	break;