diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index b780c6be324..baa3336c0b8 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-04-14  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
+
+	* testsuite/29_atomics/atomic/62259.cc: Assert atomic
+	alignment is larger-equal, not equal, to default alignment.
+
 2015-04-13  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely@redhat.com>
 
 	PR libstdc++/65754
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/29_atomics/atomic/62259.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/29_atomics/atomic/62259.cc
index cf5423a81da..2fb678d8188 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/29_atomics/atomic/62259.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/29_atomics/atomic/62259.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct twoints {
   int32_t b;
 };
 
-static_assert( alignof(std::atomic<twoints>) == alignof(int64_t),
+static_assert( alignof(std::atomic<twoints>) >= alignof(int64_t),
                "std::atomic not suitably aligned" );
 
 // libstdc++/65147
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct power_of_two_obj {
 
 std::atomic<power_of_two_obj> obj1;
 
-static_assert( alignof(obj1) == alignof(int64_t),
+static_assert( alignof(obj1) >= alignof(int64_t),
                "std::atomic not suitably aligned" );
 
 struct container_struct {
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ struct container_struct {
 
 container_struct obj2;
 
-static_assert( alignof(obj2.ao) == alignof(int64_t),
+static_assert( alignof(obj2.ao) >= alignof(int64_t),
                "std::atomic not suitably aligned" );