diff --git a/sbin/ping/Makefile b/sbin/ping/Makefile
index 47708df39c8a..329129aba392 100644
--- a/sbin/ping/Makefile
+++ b/sbin/ping/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #	@(#)Makefile	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
-#	$Id$
+#	$Id: Makefile,v 1.5 1997/12/16 15:03:14 bde Exp $
 
 PROG=	ping
 MAN8=	ping.8
 BINOWN=	root
 BINMODE=4555
 COPTS+=	-Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
+.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "alpha"
+COPTS+= -fno-builtin	# GCC's builtin memcpy doesn't do unaligned copies
+.endif
 DPADD=	${LIBM}
 LDADD=	-lm