diff --git a/options/rtdl/generic/linker.cpp b/options/rtdl/generic/linker.cpp
index 973cfbbb52..8fefa701e0 100644
--- a/options/rtdl/generic/linker.cpp
+++ b/options/rtdl/generic/linker.cpp
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ Tcb *allocateTcb() {
 
 	// To make sure that both the TCB and TLS data are sufficiently aligned, allocate
 	// slightly more than necessary and adjust alignment afterwards.
-	size_t alignOverhead = frg::min(alignof(Tcb), tlsMaxAlignment);
+	size_t alignOverhead = frg::max(alignof(Tcb), tlsMaxAlignment);
 	size_t allocSize = tlsInitialSize + sizeof(Tcb) + alignOverhead;
 	auto allocation = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(getAllocator().allocate(allocSize));
 	memset(reinterpret_cast<void *>(allocation), 0, allocSize);
diff --git a/tests/rtdl/meson.build b/tests/rtdl/meson.build
index a0c6d7386f..c7b667666f 100644
--- a/tests/rtdl/meson.build
+++ b/tests/rtdl/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ rtdl_test_cases = [
 	'scope3',
 	'scope4',
 	'scope5',
+	'tls_align',
 ]
 
 foreach test_name : rtdl_test_cases 
diff --git a/tests/rtdl/tls_align/libbar.c b/tests/rtdl/tls_align/libbar.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f8d6a7e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rtdl/tls_align/libbar.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+_Thread_local __attribute__((aligned(8))) char bar_thread_local[8] = "Hello!";
diff --git a/tests/rtdl/tls_align/libfoo.c b/tests/rtdl/tls_align/libfoo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d981770a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rtdl/tls_align/libfoo.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+_Thread_local __attribute__((aligned(16))) char foo_thread_local[8] = "Hello!";
diff --git a/tests/rtdl/tls_align/meson.build b/tests/rtdl/tls_align/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61d0fd9250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rtdl/tls_align/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+libfoo = shared_library('foo', 'libfoo.c')
+libbar = shared_library('bar', 'libbar.c')
+test_link_with = [libfoo, libbar]
+
+libfoo_native = shared_library('native-foo', 'libfoo.c', native: true)
+libbar_native = shared_library('native-bar', 'libbar.c', native: true)
+test_native_link_with = [libfoo_native, libbar_native]
diff --git a/tests/rtdl/tls_align/test.c b/tests/rtdl/tls_align/test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..438183195b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rtdl/tls_align/test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+extern _Thread_local char foo_thread_local[];
+extern _Thread_local char bar_thread_local[];
+
+int main() {
+	assert(!((uintptr_t)foo_thread_local & (16 - 1)));
+	assert(!((uintptr_t)bar_thread_local & (8 - 1)));
+}