diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 714e7fb6a1..482ba0b240 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7431,8 +7431,13 @@ for target in $target_list; do
 target_dir="$target"
 config_target_mak=$target_dir/config-target.mak
 target_name=$(echo $target | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+target_aligned_only="no"
+case "$target_name" in
+  alpha|hppa|mips64el|mips64|mipsel|mips|mipsn32|mipsn32el|sh4|sh4eb|sparc|sparc64|sparc32plus|xtensa|xtensaeb)
+  target_aligned_only="yes"
+  ;;
+esac
 target_bigendian="no"
-
 case "$target_name" in
   armeb|aarch64_be|hppa|lm32|m68k|microblaze|mips|mipsn32|mips64|moxie|or1k|ppc|ppc64|ppc64abi32|s390x|sh4eb|sparc|sparc64|sparc32plus|xtensaeb)
   target_bigendian=yes
@@ -7717,6 +7722,9 @@ fi
 if supported_whpx_target $target; then
     echo "CONFIG_WHPX=y" >> $config_target_mak
 fi
+if test "$target_aligned_only" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "TARGET_ALIGNED_ONLY=y" >> $config_target_mak
+fi
 if test "$target_bigendian" = "yes" ; then
   echo "TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN=y" >> $config_target_mak
 fi
diff --git a/include/exec/poison.h b/include/exec/poison.h
index b862320fa6..955eb863ab 100644
--- a/include/exec/poison.h
+++ b/include/exec/poison.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #pragma GCC poison TARGET_UNICORE32
 #pragma GCC poison TARGET_XTENSA
 
+#pragma GCC poison TARGET_ALIGNED_ONLY
 #pragma GCC poison TARGET_HAS_BFLT
 #pragma GCC poison TARGET_NAME
 #pragma GCC poison TARGET_SUPPORTS_MTTCG
diff --git a/include/qom/cpu.h b/include/qom/cpu.h
index 5ee0046b62..9b50b73339 100644
--- a/include/qom/cpu.h
+++ b/include/qom/cpu.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct TranslationBlock;
  * @do_unassigned_access: Callback for unassigned access handling.
  * (this is deprecated: new targets should use do_transaction_failed instead)
  * @do_unaligned_access: Callback for unaligned access handling, if
- * the target defines #ALIGNED_ONLY.
+ * the target defines #TARGET_ALIGNED_ONLY.
  * @do_transaction_failed: Callback for handling failed memory transactions
  * (ie bus faults or external aborts; not MMU faults)
  * @virtio_is_big_endian: Callback to return %true if a CPU which supports
diff --git a/target/alpha/cpu.h b/target/alpha/cpu.h
index b3e8a823e1..16eb8047cf 100644
--- a/target/alpha/cpu.h
+++ b/target/alpha/cpu.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include "cpu-qom.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-defs.h"
 
-#define ALIGNED_ONLY
-
 /* Alpha processors have a weak memory model */
 #define TCG_GUEST_DEFAULT_MO      (0)
 
diff --git a/target/hppa/cpu.h b/target/hppa/cpu.h
index aab251bc4b..2be67c289a 100644
--- a/target/hppa/cpu.h
+++ b/target/hppa/cpu.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
    basis.  It's probably easier to fall back to a strong memory model.  */
 #define TCG_GUEST_DEFAULT_MO        TCG_MO_ALL
 
-#define ALIGNED_ONLY
 #define MMU_KERNEL_IDX   0
 #define MMU_USER_IDX     3
 #define MMU_PHYS_IDX     4
diff --git a/target/mips/cpu.h b/target/mips/cpu.h
index 21c0615e02..c13cd4eb31 100644
--- a/target/mips/cpu.h
+++ b/target/mips/cpu.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef MIPS_CPU_H
 #define MIPS_CPU_H
 
-#define ALIGNED_ONLY
-
 #include "cpu-qom.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-defs.h"
 #include "fpu/softfloat.h"
diff --git a/target/sh4/cpu.h b/target/sh4/cpu.h
index aee733eaaa..ecaa7a18a9 100644
--- a/target/sh4/cpu.h
+++ b/target/sh4/cpu.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include "cpu-qom.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-defs.h"
 
-#define ALIGNED_ONLY
-
 /* CPU Subtypes */
 #define SH_CPU_SH7750  (1 << 0)
 #define SH_CPU_SH7750S (1 << 1)
diff --git a/target/sparc/cpu.h b/target/sparc/cpu.h
index 8ed2250cd0..1406f0ba2e 100644
--- a/target/sparc/cpu.h
+++ b/target/sparc/cpu.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include "cpu-qom.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-defs.h"
 
-#define ALIGNED_ONLY
-
 #if !defined(TARGET_SPARC64)
 #define TARGET_DPREGS 16
 #else
diff --git a/target/xtensa/cpu.h b/target/xtensa/cpu.h
index 2c277134f1..0459243e6b 100644
--- a/target/xtensa/cpu.h
+++ b/target/xtensa/cpu.h
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #include "exec/cpu-defs.h"
 #include "xtensa-isa.h"
 
-#define ALIGNED_ONLY
-
 /* Xtensa processors have a weak memory model */
 #define TCG_GUEST_DEFAULT_MO      (0)
 
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index be2c33c400..8d23fb0592 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@ static const char * const ldst_name[] =
 };
 
 static const char * const alignment_name[(MO_AMASK >> MO_ASHIFT) + 1] = {
-#ifdef ALIGNED_ONLY
+#ifdef TARGET_ALIGNED_ONLY
     [MO_UNALN >> MO_ASHIFT]    = "un+",
     [MO_ALIGN >> MO_ASHIFT]    = "",
 #else
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.h b/tcg/tcg.h
index b411e17a28..529acb2ed8 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -333,10 +333,12 @@ typedef enum TCGMemOp {
     MO_TE    = MO_LE,
 #endif
 
-    /* MO_UNALN accesses are never checked for alignment.
+    /*
+     * MO_UNALN accesses are never checked for alignment.
      * MO_ALIGN accesses will result in a call to the CPU's
      * do_unaligned_access hook if the guest address is not aligned.
-     * The default depends on whether the target CPU defines ALIGNED_ONLY.
+     * The default depends on whether the target CPU defines
+     * TARGET_ALIGNED_ONLY.
      *
      * Some architectures (e.g. ARMv8) need the address which is aligned
      * to a size more than the size of the memory access.
@@ -353,7 +355,7 @@ typedef enum TCGMemOp {
      */
     MO_ASHIFT = 4,
     MO_AMASK = 7 << MO_ASHIFT,
-#ifdef ALIGNED_ONLY
+#ifdef TARGET_ALIGNED_ONLY
     MO_ALIGN = 0,
     MO_UNALN = MO_AMASK,
 #else
