diff --git a/nuttx-configs/px4esc-v1/scripts/ld.script b/nuttx-configs/px4esc-v1/scripts/ld.script
index 2df6e904a2..9382c28d9c 100644
--- a/nuttx-configs/px4esc-v1/scripts/ld.script
+++ b/nuttx-configs/px4esc-v1/scripts/ld.script
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.bss .bss.*)
     *(.gnu.linkonce.b.*)
     *(COMMON)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
     _ebss = ABSOLUTE(.);
   } > sram