diff --git a/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.h b/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.h
index bb4647c..2e5810e 100644
--- a/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.h
+++ b/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.h
@@ -681,6 +681,10 @@ if (TARGET_ARCH64                          \
    && TYPE_MODE (TREE_TYPE (TYPE)) == QImode   \
    && (ALIGN) < FASTEST_ALIGNMENT ? FASTEST_ALIGNMENT : (ALIGN))
 
+/* Make local arrays of chars word-aligned for the same reasons.  */
+/* Patched from gentoo bug #195717 */
+#define LOCAL_ALIGNMENT(TYPE, ALIGN) DATA_ALIGNMENT (TYPE, ALIGN)
+
 /* Set this nonzero if move instructions will actually fail to work
    when given unaligned data.  */
 #define STRICT_ALIGNMENT 1