diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index a5c7f401eed..aaf8b965a9a 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-11-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/tc-sh.c (sh_elf_cons): If md_cons_align is defined
+	call it to make sure that the constants that are going to be
+	emitted are correctly aligned.
+
 2003-11-27  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
 	* config/tc-frv.c (md_pcrel_from_section): Don't adjust when
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-sh.c b/gas/config/tc-sh.c
index 0bacdce122e..c49949185cc 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-sh.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-sh.c
@@ -801,6 +801,10 @@ sh_elf_cons (register int nbytes)
       return;
     }
 
+#ifdef md_cons_align
+  md_cons_align (nbytes);
+#endif
+
   do
     {
       expression (&exp);