diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fd5a70d622..18e41e8083 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2013-06-24  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* include/libc-internal.h (ALIGN_DOWN): New helper macro.
+	(ALIGN_UP): Likewise.
+	(PTR_ALIGN_DOWN): Likewise.
+	(PTR_ALIGN_UP): Likewise.
+
 2013-06-24  Ryan S. Arnold  <rsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/powerpc/dl-procinfo.c (_dl_powerpc_platforms): Add "power8"
diff --git a/include/libc-internal.h b/include/libc-internal.h
index 0c0fa024a7..78f82da58a 100644
--- a/include/libc-internal.h
+++ b/include/libc-internal.h
@@ -50,4 +50,24 @@ extern void __init_misc (int, char **, char **);
 /* Cast an integer or a pointer VAL to integer with proper type.  */
 # define cast_to_integer(val) ((__integer_if_pointer_type (val)) (val))
 
+/* Align a value by rounding down to closest size.
+   e.g. Using size of 4096, we get this behavior:
+	{4095, 4096, 4097} = {0, 4096, 4096}.  */
+#define ALIGN_DOWN(base, size)	((base) & -((__typeof__ (base)) (size)))
+
+/* Align a value by rounding up to closest size.
+   e.g. Using size of 4096, we get this behavior:
+	{4095, 4096, 4097} = {4096, 4096, 8192}.
+
+  Note: The size argument has side effects (expanded multiple times).  */
+#define ALIGN_UP(base, size)	ALIGN_DOWN ((base) + (size) - 1, (size))
+
+/* Same as ALIGN_DOWN(), but automatically casts when base is a pointer.  */
+#define PTR_ALIGN_DOWN(base, size) \
+  ((__typeof__ (base)) ALIGN_DOWN ((uintptr_t) (base), (size)))
+
+/* Same as ALIGN_UP(), but automatically casts when base is a pointer.  */
+#define PTR_ALIGN_UP(base, size) \
+  ((__typeof__ (base)) ALIGN_UP ((uintptr_t) (base), (size)))
+
 #endif /* _LIBC_INTERNAL  */