diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5657937..1de5851 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Exit codes: 0 = no issues, 1 = issues found, 2 = error.
 -q, --quiet             Suppress summary line
 --no-packed-check       Skip "should be packed" detection
 --no-alignment-check    Skip misaligned member detection
+-m, --max-align <N>     Override maximum alignment boundary in bytes (default: 4 for 32-bit, 8 for 64-bit ELF)
 ```
 
 ### Custom patterns
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ struct-lint reads ELF binaries using `gimli` for zero-copy DWARF parsing. It doe
 2. For packed structs: check if each member's offset is naturally aligned (`offset % min(member_size, arch_max_align) == 0`)
 3. For structs matching the name pattern: check if `sizeof(struct)` equals the sum of member sizes (i.e. no padding)
 
-Natural alignment uses the ELF header to determine the architecture's maximum alignment (4 for 32-bit, 8 for 64-bit).
+Natural alignment uses the ELF header to determine the architecture's maximum alignment (4 for 32-bit, 8 for 64-bit), overridable with `--max-align`.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 755b505..465ab3c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ struct Cli {
     /// Skip misaligned member detection
     #[arg(long)]
     no_alignment_check: bool,
+
+    /// Maximum alignment boundary in bytes (default: 4 for 32-bit, 8 for 64-bit ELF).
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    max_align: Option<u64>,
 }
 
 fn make_relative(path: &str) -> String {
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ fn main() {
             }
         };
 
-        let max_align: u64 = if obj.is_64() { 8 } else { 4 };
+        let max_align = cli.max_align.unwrap_or(if obj.is_64() { 8 } else { 4 });
 
         let dwarf = match gimli::Dwarf::load(|section_id| -> Result<R, gimli::Error> {
             let data = obj