diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dd4e568..b6e22cc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=94
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=2
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=3
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the jack protocal version
diff --git a/libjack/pool.c b/libjack/pool.c
index 34e110c..2721958 100644
--- a/libjack/pool.c
+++ b/libjack/pool.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     $Id$
 */
 
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <config.h>
 #include <jack/pool.h>
@@ -26,8 +27,9 @@ void *
 jack_pool_alloc (size_t bytes)
 {
 	/* XXX need RT-pool based allocator here */
-
-	return malloc (bytes);
+	void* m;
+	int	err = posix_memalign (&m, 16, bytes);
+	return (!err) ? m : 0;
 }
 
 void