diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 78fd6ea9b90..1c18e5249b5 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+start-sanitize-tic80
+Thu Feb 27 15:39:16 1997  Fred Fish  <fnf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* config/tc-tic80 (md_pseudo_table): Add align pseudo op to do
+	byte alignment rather than power-of-two alignment that is the
+	GAS default.
+
+end-sanitize-tic80
 Thu Feb 27 13:29:04 1997  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
 	* config/tc-m68k.c (md_assemble): Handle a reloc width of 'W'.n
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-tic80.c b/gas/config/tc-tic80.c
index 6f18d44571c..87a4791b43d 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-tic80.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-tic80.c
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ const char FLT_CHARS[] = "fF";
 
 const pseudo_typeS md_pseudo_table[] =
 {
-  { "word",	cons,		4 },				/* FIXME: Should this be machine independent? */
+  { "align",	s_align_bytes,	4 },	/* Do byte alignment, default is a 4 byte boundary */
+  { "word",	cons,		4 },	/* FIXME: Should this be machine independent? */
   { "bss",	s_lcomm,	1 },
   { NULL,	NULL,		0 }
 };