diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index c7c31876bb40..ca17e5fcd125 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ else
         KBUILD_AFLAGS += -m64
         KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m64
 
+        # Align jump targets to 1 byte, not the default 16 bytes:
+        KBUILD_CFLAGS += -falign-jumps=1
+
         # Don't autogenerate traditional x87 instructions
         KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-80387)
         KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-fp-ret-in-387)