diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
index bc649b3dbbc..e624bb49f2a 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
@@ -1205,6 +1205,10 @@ void InnerLoopVectorizer::vectorizeMemoryInstruction(Instruction *Instr,
   Type *DataTy = VectorType::get(ScalarDataTy, VF);
   Value *Ptr = LI ? LI->getPointerOperand() : SI->getPointerOperand();
   unsigned Alignment = LI ? LI->getAlignment() : SI->getAlignment();
+  // An alignment of 0 means target abi alignment. We need to use the scalar's
+  // target abi alignment in such a case.
+  if (!Alignment)
+    Alignment = DL->getABITypeAlignment(ScalarDataTy);
   unsigned AddressSpace = Ptr->getType()->getPointerAddressSpace();
   unsigned ScalarAllocatedSize = DL->getTypeAllocSize(ScalarDataTy);
   unsigned VectorElementSize = DL->getTypeStoreSize(DataTy)/VF;
diff --git a/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/align.ll b/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/align.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84b03615d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/align.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+; RUN: opt < %s  -loop-vectorize -force-vector-unroll=1 -force-vector-width=4 -S | FileCheck %s
+
+target datalayout = "e-p:64:64:64-i1:8:8-i8:8:8-i16:16:16-i32:32:32-i64:64:64-f32:32:32-f64:64:64-v64:64:64-v128:128:128-a0:0:64-s0:64:64-f80:128:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-apple-macosx10.8.0"
+
+; Make sure we output the abi alignment if no alignment is specified.
+
+;CHECK-LABEL: @align
+;CHECK: load <4 x i32>* {{.*}} align  4
+;CHECK: load <4 x i32>* {{.*}} align  4
+;CHECK: store <4 x i32> {{.*}} align  4
+
+define void @align(i32* %a, i32* %b, i32* %c) nounwind uwtable ssp {
+  br label %1
+
+; <label>:1                                       ; preds = %1, %0
+  %indvars.iv = phi i64 [ 0, %0 ], [ %indvars.iv.next, %1 ]
+  %2 = getelementptr inbounds i32* %b, i64 %indvars.iv
+  %3 = load i32* %2
+  %4 = getelementptr inbounds i32* %c, i64 %indvars.iv
+  %5 = load i32* %4
+  %6 = add nsw i32 %5, %3
+  %7 = getelementptr inbounds i32* %a, i64 %indvars.iv
+  store i32 %6, i32* %7
+  %indvars.iv.next = add i64 %indvars.iv, 1
+  %lftr.wideiv = trunc i64 %indvars.iv.next to i32
+  %exitcond = icmp eq i32 %lftr.wideiv, 128 
+  br i1 %exitcond, label %8, label %1
+
+; <label>:8                                       ; preds = %1
+  ret void
+}
+