diff --git a/binutils/dlltool.c b/binutils/dlltool.c
index 94805fcd334..6ffcfbc968f 100644
--- a/binutils/dlltool.c
+++ b/binutils/dlltool.c
@@ -2735,6 +2735,11 @@ make_head (void)
   if (!no_idata5)
     {
       fprintf (f, "\t.section\t.idata$5\n");
+
+      /* IAT (Import Address Table) should be aligned to 8 on AArch64.  */
+      if (machine == MAARCH64)
+	fprintf (f, "\t.align 3\n");
+
       if (use_nul_prefixed_import_tables)
 	{
 	  if (create_for_pep)