diff --git a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/utils.c b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/utils.c
index a96fde668be..3065fcb6260 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/utils.c
+++ b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/utils.c
@@ -2905,6 +2905,31 @@ aggregate_type_contains_array_p (tree type, bool self_referential)
     }
 }
 
+/* Return true if TYPE is a type with variable size or a padding type with a
+   field of variable size or a record that has a field with such a type.  */
+
+static bool
+type_has_variable_size (tree type)
+{
+  tree field;
+
+  if (!TREE_CONSTANT (TYPE_SIZE (type)))
+    return true;
+
+  if (TYPE_IS_PADDING_P (type)
+      && !TREE_CONSTANT (DECL_SIZE (TYPE_FIELDS (type))))
+    return true;
+
+  if (!RECORD_OR_UNION_TYPE_P (type))
+    return false;
+
+  for (field = TYPE_FIELDS (type); field; field = DECL_CHAIN (field))
+    if (type_has_variable_size (TREE_TYPE (field)))
+      return true;
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 /* Return a FIELD_DECL node.  NAME is the field's name, TYPE is its type and
    RECORD_TYPE is the type of the enclosing record.  If SIZE is nonzero, it
    is the specified size of the field.  If POS is nonzero, it is the bit
@@ -2974,13 +2999,15 @@ create_field_decl (tree name, tree type, tree record_type, tree size, tree pos,
 
   DECL_PACKED (field_decl) = pos ? DECL_BIT_FIELD (field_decl) : packed;
 
-  /* If FIELD_TYPE is BLKmode, we must ensure this is aligned to at least a
-     byte boundary since GCC cannot handle less-aligned BLKmode bitfields.
+  /* If FIELD_TYPE has BLKmode, we must ensure this is aligned to at least
+     a byte boundary since GCC cannot handle less aligned BLKmode bitfields.
+     Likewise if it has a variable size and no specified position because
+     variable-sized objects need to be aligned to at least a byte boundary.
      Likewise for an aggregate without specified position that contains an
-     array, because in this case slices of variable length of this array
-     must be handled by GCC and variable-sized objects need to be aligned
-     to at least a byte boundary.  */
+     array because, in this case, slices of variable length of this array
+     must be handled by GCC and have variable size.  */
   if (packed && (TYPE_MODE (type) == BLKmode
+		 || (!pos && type_has_variable_size (type))
 		 || (!pos
 		     && AGGREGATE_TYPE_P (type)
 		     && aggregate_type_contains_array_p (type, false))))
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/pack27.adb b/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/pack27.adb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7aff96a2416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/pack27.adb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+-- { dg-do compile }
+
+with Pack27_Pkg; use Pack27_Pkg;
+
+procedure Pack27 is
+  R1 : Rec1;
+  R4 : Rec4;
+begin
+  R4.R.R.R := R1;
+end;
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/pack27_pkg.ads b/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/pack27_pkg.ads
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d2b68cd003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gnat.dg/pack27_pkg.ads
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+pragma No_Component_Reordering;
+
+package Pack27_Pkg is
+
+  type Enum is (One, Two, Three);
+
+  type Rec1 (D : Enum := One) is record
+    case D is
+      when One => null;
+      when Two => null;
+      when Three => C : Character;
+    end case;
+  end record;
+  pragma Pack (Rec1);
+
+  type Rec2 is record
+    R : Rec1;
+  end record;
+  pragma Pack (Rec2);
+
+  type Rec3 is record
+    B : boolean;
+    R : Rec2;
+  end record;
+  pragma Pack (Rec3);
+
+  type Rec4 is record
+    B : Boolean;
+    R : Rec3;
+  end record;
+  pragma Pack (Rec4);
+
+end Pack27_Pkg;