diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 69e7416d7d7a..17077e2f190a 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-10-16  Amruth Laxman  <amruth.laxman@nsn.com>
+
+	PR target/33594
+	* config/sparc/sparc.h (LOCAL_ALIGNMENT): Define.
+
 2007-10-16  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
 
 	* dce.c (init_dce): Only initialize the obstacks for the fast pass.
diff --git a/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.h b/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.h
index fc154a4c3729..94b877340367 100644
--- a/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.h
+++ b/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.h
@@ -691,6 +691,9 @@ 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.  */
+#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