diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
index 5ca45934fcbb..72ed913a910f 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ struct pt_regs {
 	unsigned long trap_a0;
 	unsigned long trap_a1;
 	unsigned long trap_a2;
+/* This makes the stack 16-byte aligned as GCC expects */
+	unsigned long __pad0;
 /* These are saved by PAL-code: */
 	unsigned long ps;
 	unsigned long pc;