diff -up ./include/internal/chewing-private.h.align ./include/internal/chewing-private.h
--- ./include/internal/chewing-private.h.align	2008-12-02 00:29:20.000000000 +1000
+++ ./include/internal/chewing-private.h	2010-09-02 17:14:12.565544961 +1000
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 typedef union {
 	unsigned char s[ MAX_UTF8_SIZE + 1];
 	wchar_t wch;
+	unsigned char padding[8]; /* Ensure this structure is aligned */
 } wch_t;
 
 typedef struct {