diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/opt/store-merging-2.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/opt/store-merging-2.C
index 3c17033764b..b1ad7018a17 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/opt/store-merging-2.C
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/opt/store-merging-2.C
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 // { dg-options "-O2 -flifetime-dse=2 -fdump-tree-store-merging-details" }
 // { dg-final { scan-tree-dump "New sequence of 2 stores to replace old one of 3 stores" "store-merging" } }
 
-struct T { char a[128]; };
+/* The alignment is necessary for store-merging to take place on
+   strict-alignment targets.  */
+struct __attribute__ ((__aligned__ (4))) T { char a[128]; };
 struct S { S () : a () { a.a[12] = 0; a.a[13] = 1; a.a[14] = 0; a.a[15] = 6; } T a; };
 void foo (S &);
 void bar (void) { S s; foo (s); }