diff --git a/compiler/compiler.go b/compiler/compiler.go
index 75aed427..3e8f18da 100644
--- a/compiler/compiler.go
+++ b/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -234,10 +234,15 @@ func Sizes(machine llvm.TargetMachine) types.Sizes {
 		panic("unknown pointer size")
 	}
 
+	// Construct a complex128 type because that's likely the type with the
+	// biggest alignment on most/all ABIs.
+	ctx := llvm.NewContext()
+	defer ctx.Dispose()
+	complex128Type := ctx.StructType([]llvm.Type{ctx.DoubleType(), ctx.DoubleType()}, false)
 	return &stdSizes{
 		IntSize:  int64(intWidth / 8),
 		PtrSize:  int64(targetData.PointerSize()),
-		MaxAlign: int64(targetData.PrefTypeAlignment(targetData.IntPtrType())),
+		MaxAlign: int64(targetData.ABITypeAlignment(complex128Type)),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/testdata/reflect.go b/testdata/reflect.go
index 7e21abdc..7cc5fa7b 100644
--- a/testdata/reflect.go
+++ b/testdata/reflect.go
@@ -170,6 +170,19 @@ func main() {
 	assertSize(reflect.TypeOf(new(int)).Size() == unsafe.Sizeof(new(int)), "*int")
 	assertSize(reflect.TypeOf(zeroFunc).Size() == unsafe.Sizeof(zeroFunc), "func()")
 
+	// Test that offset is correctly calculated.
+	// This doesn't just test reflect but also (indirectly) that unsafe.Alignof
+	// works correctly.
+	s := struct {
+		small1 byte
+		big1   int64
+		small2 byte
+		big2   int64
+	}{}
+	st := reflect.TypeOf(s)
+	println("offset for int64 matches:", st.Field(1).Offset-st.Field(0).Offset == uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&s.big1))-uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&s.small1)))
+	println("offset for complex128 matches:", st.Field(3).Offset-st.Field(2).Offset == uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&s.big2))-uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&s.small2)))
+
 	// SetBool
 	rv := reflect.ValueOf(new(bool)).Elem()
 	rv.SetBool(true)
diff --git a/testdata/reflect.txt b/testdata/reflect.txt
index 4ef44cdb..c07fc01d 100644
--- a/testdata/reflect.txt
+++ b/testdata/reflect.txt
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ float32 4 32
 float64 8 64
 complex64 8 64
 complex128 16 128
+offset for int64 matches: true
+offset for complex128 matches: true
 type assertion succeeded for unreferenced type
 
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