diff --git a/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk b/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
index c62b0a457..35a55201f 100644
--- a/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
+++ b/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ BOARD_USES_GENERIC_AUDIO := true
 # no hardware camera
 USE_CAMERA_STUB := true
 
+# customize the malloced address to be 16-byte aligned
+BOARD_MALLOC_ALIGNMENT := 16
+
 # Set /system/bin/sh to ash, not mksh, to make sure we can switch back.
 TARGET_SHELL := ash