diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 0d884b691b3..41dfe5600cf 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -302,6 +302,16 @@ config GEN_SW_ISR_TABLE
 	  _isr_table_entry containing the interrupt service routine and supplied
 	  parameter.
 
+config ARCH_SW_ISR_TABLE_ALIGN
+	int "Alignment size of a software ISR table"
+	default 0
+	depends on GEN_SW_ISR_TABLE
+	help
+	  This option controls alignment size of generated
+	  _sw_isr_table.  Some architecture needs a software ISR table
+	  to be aligned to architecture specific size.  The default
+	  size is 0 for no alignment.
+
 config GEN_IRQ_START_VECTOR
 	int
 	default 0
diff --git a/include/linker/common-ram.ld b/include/linker/common-ram.ld
index b16adfaa539..ec462b6f07e 100644
--- a/include/linker/common-ram.ld
+++ b/include/linker/common-ram.ld
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 #if defined(CONFIG_GEN_ISR_TABLES) && defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_INTERRUPTS)
 	SECTION_DATA_PROLOGUE(sw_isr_table,,)
 	{
+		/*
+		 * Some arch requires an entry to be aligned to arch
+		 * specific boundary for using double word load
+		 * instruction.  See include/sw_isr_table.h.
+		 */
+		. = ALIGN(CONFIG_ARCH_SW_ISR_TABLE_ALIGN);
 		*(SW_ISR_TABLE)
 	} GROUP_DATA_LINK_IN(RAMABLE_REGION, ROMABLE_REGION)
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linker/common-rom.ld b/include/linker/common-rom.ld
index 71371bba22a..4c914f1bb20 100644
--- a/include/linker/common-rom.ld
+++ b/include/linker/common-rom.ld
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 #if defined(CONFIG_GEN_ISR_TABLES) && !defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_INTERRUPTS)
 	SECTION_PROLOGUE(sw_isr_table,,)
 	{
+		/*
+		 * Some arch requires an entry to be aligned to arch
+		 * specific boundary for using double word load
+		 * instruction.  See include/sw_isr_table.h.
+		 */
+		. = ALIGN(CONFIG_ARCH_SW_ISR_TABLE_ALIGN);
 		*(SW_ISR_TABLE)
 	} GROUP_LINK_IN(ROMABLE_REGION)
 #endif