diff --git a/syslinux-4.04-align.diff b/syslinux-4.04-align.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..551843b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syslinux-4.04-align.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- core/syslinux.ld
++++ core/syslinux.ld
+@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
+ 		__text_end = .;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	. = ALIGN(16);
++	. = ALIGN(32);
+ 
+ 	__rodata_vma = .;
+ 	__rodata_lma = __rodata_vma + __text_lma - __text_vma;
diff --git a/syslinux.changes b/syslinux.changes
index ab1d97f..4707e4e 100644
--- a/syslinux.changes
+++ b/syslinux.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 16 13:56:48 CET 2016 - snwint@suse.de
+
+- fix section alignment (bsc#948445)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 16 09:41:32 CET 2016 - snwint@suse.de
 
diff --git a/syslinux.spec b/syslinux.spec
index 0667cf4..9eff31e 100644
--- a/syslinux.spec
+++ b/syslinux.spec
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Patch14:        %{name}-%{version}-timeout.diff
 Patch15:        %{name}-%{version}-cache_fix.diff
 Patch16:        %{name}-%{version}-mtime.diff
 Patch17:        %{name}-%{version}-miniacc.diff
+Patch18:        %{name}-%{version}-align.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch15 -p1
 %patch16 -p1
 %patch17
+%patch18
 
 %build
 cp %{SOURCE2} .