diff --git a/dmd/attrib.c b/dmd/attrib.c
index d440a7f4..44d709af 100644
--- a/dmd/attrib.c
+++ b/dmd/attrib.c
@@ -492,10 +492,14 @@ void ProtDeclaration::toCBuffer(OutBuffer *buf, HdrGenState *hgs)
 
 /********************************* AlignDeclaration ****************************/
 
-AlignDeclaration::AlignDeclaration(unsigned sa, Array *decl)
+AlignDeclaration::AlignDeclaration(Loc loc, unsigned sa, Array *decl)
 	: AttribDeclaration(decl)
 {
+    this->loc = loc;
     salign = sa;
+
+    if (salign != 1)
+	error("align(%d) is not implemented and specified to be unportable anyway, use align(1) and manual fillers instead", salign);
 }
 
 Dsymbol *AlignDeclaration::syntaxCopy(Dsymbol *s)
@@ -503,7 +507,7 @@ Dsymbol *AlignDeclaration::syntaxCopy(Dsymbol *s)
     AlignDeclaration *ad;
 
     assert(!s);
-    ad = new AlignDeclaration(salign, Dsymbol::arraySyntaxCopy(decl));
+    ad = new AlignDeclaration(loc, salign, Dsymbol::arraySyntaxCopy(decl));
     return ad;
 }
 
diff --git a/dmd/attrib.h b/dmd/attrib.h
index fe9106c2..5e4d0cc4 100644
--- a/dmd/attrib.h
+++ b/dmd/attrib.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct AlignDeclaration : AttribDeclaration
 {
     unsigned salign;
 
-    AlignDeclaration(unsigned sa, Array *decl);
+    AlignDeclaration(Loc loc, unsigned sa, Array *decl);
     Dsymbol *syntaxCopy(Dsymbol *s);
     void semantic(Scope *sc);
     void toCBuffer(OutBuffer *buf, HdrGenState *hgs);
diff --git a/dmd/parse.c b/dmd/parse.c
index 8cf90c01..b23842ec 100644
--- a/dmd/parse.c
+++ b/dmd/parse.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ Array *Parser::parseDeclDefs(int once)
 		    n = global.structalign;		// default
 
 		a = parseBlock();
-		s = new AlignDeclaration(n, a);
+		s = new AlignDeclaration(loc, n, a);
 		break;
 	    }