diff --git a/lib/csu/i386/crt0.c b/lib/csu/i386/crt0.c
index 363098b326c6..e25eba5b0f48 100644
--- a/lib/csu/i386/crt0.c
+++ b/lib/csu/i386/crt0.c
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ int	errno = 0;
 
 asm(".text");
 asm(".long 0xc000c000");
+#if 1 /* more needed for alignment on i486/gcc-2.3.3 */
+asm(".long 0xc000c000");
+asm(".long 0xc000c000");
+asm(".long 0xc000c000");
+#endif
 
 extern	unsigned char	etext;
 extern	unsigned char	eprol asm ("eprol");