diff --git a/cmake/SfizzConfig.cmake b/cmake/SfizzConfig.cmake
index 95e599cc..52aefdc1 100644
--- a/cmake/SfizzConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SfizzConfig.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
+include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11 CACHE STRING "C++ standard to be used")
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99 CACHE STRING "C standard to be used")
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
             add_compile_options(-mfloat-abi=hard)
         endif()
     endif()
+    check_cxx_compiler_flag(-faligned-new SFIZZ_HAVE_FALIGNED_NEW)
+    if(SFIZZ_HAVE_FALIGNED_NEW)
+        add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:-faligned-new>)
+    endif()
 elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
     add_compile_options(/Zc:__cplusplus)