diff --git a/common/JackActivationCount.h b/common/JackActivationCount.h
index 7efc031c..a9565cd8 100644
--- a/common/JackActivationCount.h
+++ b/common/JackActivationCount.h
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ class JackActivationCount
     public:
 
         JackActivationCount(): fValue(0), fCount(0)
-        {}
+        {
+            static_assert(offsetof(JackActivationCount, fValue) % sizeof(fValue) == 0,
+                          "fValue must be aligned within JackActivationCount");
+        }
 
         bool Signal(JackSynchro* synchro, JackClientControl* control);
 
diff --git a/common/JackAtomicArrayState.h b/common/JackAtomicArrayState.h
index 51ec65d9..fea5e528 100644
--- a/common/JackAtomicArrayState.h
+++ b/common/JackAtomicArrayState.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "JackAtomic.h"
 #include "JackCompilerDeps.h"
 #include <string.h> // for memcpy
+#include <cstddef>
 
 namespace Jack
 {
@@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ class JackAtomicArrayState
 
         JackAtomicArrayState()
         {
+            static_assert(offsetof(JackAtomicArrayState, fCounter) % sizeof(fCounter) == 0,
+                          "fCounter must be aligned within JackAtomicArrayState");
             Counter1(fCounter) = 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/common/JackAtomicState.h b/common/JackAtomicState.h
index 6f90d66a..522f8df8 100644
--- a/common/JackAtomicState.h
+++ b/common/JackAtomicState.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 #include "JackAtomic.h"
 #include "JackCompilerDeps.h"
 #include <string.h> // for memcpy
+#include <cstddef>
 
 namespace Jack
 {
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@ class JackAtomicState
 
         JackAtomicState()
         {
+            static_assert(offsetof(JackAtomicState, fCounter) % sizeof(fCounter) == 0,
+                          "fCounter must be aligned within JackAtomicState");
             Counter(fCounter) = 0;
             fCallWriteCounter = 0;
         }
diff --git a/common/JackConnectionManager.cpp b/common/JackConnectionManager.cpp
index a0cc0439..db240d22 100644
--- a/common/JackConnectionManager.cpp
+++ b/common/JackConnectionManager.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ namespace Jack
 JackConnectionManager::JackConnectionManager()
 {
     int i;
+    static_assert(offsetof(JackConnectionManager, fInputCounter) % sizeof(UInt32) == 0,
+                  "fInputCounter must be aligned within JackConnectionManager");
+
     jack_log("JackConnectionManager::InitConnections size = %ld ", sizeof(JackConnectionManager));
 
     for (i = 0; i < PORT_NUM_MAX; i++) {
diff --git a/common/JackEngineControl.h b/common/JackEngineControl.h
index 8626a161..c889425c 100644
--- a/common/JackEngineControl.h
+++ b/common/JackEngineControl.h
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ struct SERVER_EXPORT JackEngineControl : public JackShmMem
 #endif
 
     JackEngineControl(bool sync, bool temporary, long timeout, bool rt, long priority, bool verbose, jack_timer_type_t clock, const char* server_name)
-    {
+      {
+        static_assert(offsetof(JackEngineControl, fTransport) % sizeof(UInt32) == 0,
+                      "fTransport must be aligned within JackEngineControl");
+        static_assert(offsetof(JackEngineControl, fFrameTimer) % sizeof(UInt32) == 0,
+                      "fFrameTimer must be aligned within JackEngineControl");
         fBufferSize = 512;
         fSampleRate = 48000;
         fPeriodUsecs = jack_time_t(1000000.f / fSampleRate * fBufferSize);
diff --git a/common/JackMessageBuffer.cpp b/common/JackMessageBuffer.cpp
index cd197993..f821cf4f 100644
--- a/common/JackMessageBuffer.cpp
+++ b/common/JackMessageBuffer.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ JackMessageBuffer::JackMessageBuffer()
     fOutBuffer(0),
     fOverruns(0),
     fRunning(false)
-{}
+{
+    static_assert(offsetof(JackMessageBuffer, fOverruns) % sizeof(fOverruns) == 0,
+                  "fOverruns must be aligned within JackMessageBuffer");
+}
 
 JackMessageBuffer::~JackMessageBuffer()
 {}
diff --git a/common/JackTransportEngine.cpp b/common/JackTransportEngine.cpp
index 5c0fa8d0..09bf44d7 100644
--- a/common/JackTransportEngine.cpp
+++ b/common/JackTransportEngine.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ namespace Jack
 
 JackTransportEngine::JackTransportEngine(): JackAtomicArrayState<jack_position_t>()
 {
+    static_assert(offsetof(JackTransportEngine, fWriteCounter) % sizeof(fWriteCounter) == 0,
+                  "fWriteCounter must be first member of JackTransportEngine to ensure its alignment");
     fTransportState = JackTransportStopped;
     fTransportCmd = fPreviousCmd = TransportCommandStop;
     fSyncTimeout = 10000000;	/* 10 seconds default...