diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 944bb959fb7..62d50f62bd3 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -408,6 +408,16 @@ config GEN_IRQ_VECTOR_TABLE
 	  indexed by IRQ line. In the latter case, the vector table must be
 	  supplied by the application or architecture code.
 
+config ARCH_IRQ_VECTOR_TABLE_ALIGN
+	int "Alignment size of the interrupt vector table"
+	default 0
+	depends on GEN_IRQ_VECTOR_TABLE
+	help
+	  This option controls alignment size of generated
+	  _irq_vector_table.  Some architecture needs an IRQ vector table
+	  to be aligned to architecture specific size.  The default
+	  size is 0 for no alignment.
+
 config GEN_SW_ISR_TABLE
 	bool "Generate a software ISR table"
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/common/CMakeLists.txt b/arch/common/CMakeLists.txt
index a83fe44a884..5c7dd0ea53e 100644
--- a/arch/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/arch/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ zephyr_linker_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_GEN_ISR_TABLES
   ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/include/zephyr/linker/intlist.ld
 )
 
+zephyr_linker_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_GEN_IRQ_VECTOR_TABLE
+  ROM_START
+  SORT_KEY 0x0vectors
+  ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/include/zephyr/linker/irq-vector-table-section.ld
+)
+
 if(CONFIG_GEN_ISR_TABLES)
   zephyr_linker_section(NAME .intList VMA IDT_LIST LMA IDT_LIST NOINPUT PASS NOT LINKER_ZEPHYR_FINAL)
   zephyr_linker_section_configure(SECTION .intList KEEP INPUT ".irq_info" FIRST)
diff --git a/include/zephyr/linker/irq-vector-table-section.ld b/include/zephyr/linker/irq-vector-table-section.ld
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a07abc34e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/zephyr/linker/irq-vector-table-section.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */
+
+. = ALIGN(CONFIG_ARCH_IRQ_VECTOR_TABLE_ALIGN);
+KEEP(*(_IRQ_VECTOR_TABLE_SECTION_SYMS))